Andrew Moore

Andrew Moore - Amaryllis, Photography 2004, Printed After

2004

Archival Pigment Print Street filled with bamboo shops All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph: 40" x 30” - Edition of 5 + 2 Artist Proofs 50" X 40"- Editio...

Available sizes: 23.6 x 31.5 in 60 x 80 cm C-Print Edition of 7 35.4 x 47.2 in 90 x 120 cm Archival Pigment Print Edition of 5 47.2 x 63 in 120 x 160...

Archival Pigment Print Under Acrylic Glass All available sizes and editions: 40" x 60", Edition of 15 47" x 71", Edition of 15 55" x 80", Edition of 15 60" x 90", Edition of 10...

Archival Pigment Print Under Acrylic Glass All available sizes and editions: 40" x 80", Edition of 15 44" x 88", Edition of 15 48" x 96", Edition of 15 54" x 108", Edition of 1...

Archival pigment print Signed, titled, numbered, and dated, verso 17 x 11 inches, sheet (Edition of 15) 22 x 17 inches, sheet (Edition of 15) This artwork is offered by ClampArt, ...

Archival pigment print Signed, titled, numbered, and dated, verso 17 x 11 inches, sheet (Edition of 15) 22 x 17 inches, sheet (Edition of 15) This artwork is offered by ClampArt, ...

Reviewing the photographs of Julie Blackmon, critic Leah Ollman of the Los Angeles Times wrote: “Each frame is an absorbing, meticulously orchestrated slice of ethnographic theater … that abounds with tender humor but also shrewdly subtle satire.” Blackmon is a native of Springfield, MO, and her photographs are inspired by her experience of growing up the oldest of nine children—including five sisters—in what she calls “a generic American town in the middle of the U.S.” In college, Blackmon was introduced to the work of artists Sally Mann, Diane Arbus, and Helen Levitt, and she describes herself as “obsessed” with their images. “When my three children were small,” she recalls, “we moved into an old house with a darkroom in the basement. Like any mother, I wanted to take pictures of my kids. But I didn’t want to be just the ‘mother photographer.’ I wanted my work to be more: more penetrating, more artful, more striking, more thoughtful, more a reflection of the times. “Over the next few years, I progressed from making documentary black and white photographs of my life and the lives of my sisters to creating colorful, fictitious images that offered a more fantastical look at everyday life. My work became more conceptual, as I began to realize that I was not obligated to capture “reality” exactly, but that I could work more like a painter or a filmmaker, actively shaping the images I was creating. This realization—that fiction can often capture the truth more memorably than reality—was a major shift in how I saw the world around me, and it transformed my work.” “It’s thrilling to see the most common aspects of everyday life as potential stories or themes for a photograph. It changes how you see things: suddenly, a Starbucks employee on a smoke break, or an outmoded beauty shop catering to an elderly clientele, can spark a memorable image. As Nora Ephron...

Slide by Julie Blackmon is from an ongoing series titled Home Grown According to the Los Angeles Times, Blackmon's images are “absorbing, meticulously orchestrated slices of ethnogr...