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Harmony
Photographs by Jeff Seltzer
March 12th-April 9th, 2011
Closing Reception Saturday April 9th 5-8pm
drkrm/gallery
is pleased to present Harmony, large-scale color photographs
by Jeff Seltzer that reveal the effect of human occupation within the
landscape of contemporary environments. Seltzer's images call to mind
the “New Topographic” photography movement, pictures
made to document a time and a place, static treatments of our everyday
modern urban landscape in the vein of Lewis Baltz, Robert Adams and Henry
Wessel Jr.
These anonymous, sometimes featureless structures and locations exclude
people but at the same time show the effect of human occupation and interaction.
Like Baltz, Seltzer isolates his subjects, creating a head-on, cold and
detached Kubrickian symmetry. Seltzer allows us to see beauty in the everyday
and shows us order in the ordinary and mundane that we take for granted.
Artist Statement:
My
formal education is more about science - statistics, experimental design,
and rhetorical theory. With statistical analysis, the goal is to sift
through numbers and create a story true to the data – a story that
can be understood and appreciated by a more general audience. In a similar
way, I look through my camera’s viewfinder in attempt to reconcile
the everyday “data” that surrounds us.
I find comfort and solace in this otherwise anxiety-producing world by
creating a sense of harmony among the seemingly unrelated, mundane data
around me. There are so many things I can't control; but what I can control
is what I see through my camera and how I present it to the world through
careful framing and composition. My interest is generally not with the
subject itself, but with the challenge – almost need – of
creating and restoring this sense of order (or harmony).
Jeff
Seltzer is based in Los Angeles and was educated at San Diego State University,
receiving a BA and an MA in Rhetorical Theory.
Jeff
Seltzer Photography Website
drkrm/gallery is an exhibition space dedicated to the display and survey
of popular cultural images, fine art photography, cutting edge and alternative
photographic processes. drkrm/gallery is located at 727 S. Spring Street
in the Gallery Row district of Downtown Los Angeles.
Regular
gallery hours are Wed-Sat 12-6
All gallery events are free and open to the public.