KLOMPCHING GALLERY is pleased to present the Fresh 2024 Photography Exhibition. Now in its 13th year, the annual exhibition is curated from an international open call for contemporary photographs. Twenty photographers are selected as finalists—all are featured online and in a printed catalogue, with five curated into the four-week exhibition at the Klompching Gallery in Brooklyn, New York.
PROJECT STATEMENT - PORTRAITS OF STUMPS
Walking around my neighborhood at night, I noticed an array of severed tree trunks, their upper limbs and branches sawn off and carted away. Their remaining lower trunk left protruding from the earth, too inconvenient to extract. These stumps became markers or displays for me of human efforts to curtail nature as it outlives its function as a suburban or domestic adornment. The use of studio flash allowed me to bring presence, empathy, and a gaze of care to these severed forms; forms that might otherwise remain unseen, blending into the urban landscape in the light of day.
https://www.klompching.com/fresh-2024-drew-waters
Portraits of Stumps - FRESH 2024 Finalist
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