amnh #15 by Joseph O. Holmes

20x200 photographer and Jen Bekman Gallery artist, Joseph O. Holmes, is currently in a solo show at Wallspace Gallery in Seattle. Joseph is showing his series of photographs made at the American Museum of Natural History, under | exposed.

Joseph's artist statement:

Street photography is my passion -- a wild mix of technical skill and social engineering, with every component changing and evolving second by second. The original amnh series was shot over a period of six weeks in New York's American Museum of Natural History, and spins my love of street photography into a radically different environment, a sort of off-the-street photography. The project carried me from sunlight into museum darkness, from rapid-fire to a zen-like slow motion, and forced me to rethink the whole process of stalking strangers. These images strip the components of traditional street photo down to the barest cues: silhouettes gazing out over vast, artificial veldts and jungles.

The Seattle Weekly has some kind words about Joseph's photographs here

Wall Space Gallery
600 First Ave.
Seattle, Washington
7 October - 8 November, 2008

Joseph's 20x200 edition prints:
Prospect Park
amnh #30
Joseph's portfolio on Jen Bekman Gallery
Joseph's site