West Forty-third Street (Yellow Cabs)

ARTIST STATEMENT

As I gradually become better at taking photographs, I’m learning the subtle art of twisting the elements of the cliché into something archetypal, the hackneyed into something original. At the same time, I’m honing the skills needed to control the process—manipulating depth of field, light, motion, framing, timing—until using the camera becomes almost instinctual. Sometimes, I start to believe that controlling the process is mastering the art.

But then something happens to remind me that, in reality, control is always at the whim and mercy of larger forces. I look through the viewfinder one day and all the yellow taxis appear out of nowhere to line up in a tidy curve, and I shake my head and thank the muses and the gods of chaos and chance. One day the woman in the yellow dress steps into my frame to humble me and remind me that all I can do is accept the gift when it’s offered.

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West Forty-third Street (Yellow Cabs)

by Joseph O. Holmes

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  • Limited-edition, exclusive to 20x200
  • Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper
  • Artist-signed + numbered certificate of authenticity included
  • Directly supports the artist

These prints are created using archival pigment inks on 100% cotton rag paper with a luster finish.

This print was produced as part of a pair. The sister print is West Nineteenth Street (Yellow Dress).

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Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

 

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