Walker Pickering

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40"x50" limited edition of 5 signed by the artists on reverse (available unframed - please inquire about framing options). This photograph is taken with a large format camera, capturing immense detail in the verdant green landscape and what remains of The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Ashram's stone huts which have been overtaken by the jungle. These meditation huts are located north of the Indian city of Rishikesh- this is the site of the Beatles Ashram, also known as Chaurasi Kutia. The collaborative artist team of Sasha Bezzubov and Jessica Sucher worked on this project, "The Searchers" and captured this stunning photograph prior to the location being reopened to the public. The Searchers is a series of large-scale photographs examining Western spiritual tourism in India. Bezzubov and Sucher investigate the magnetic pull of India’s rich religious history and the utopian communities that cater to Western seekers. While exploring yoga centers, meditation retreats and ashrams, the artists straddle the line between observers and participants. The project results in distinct groupings: spatially astounding interiors, bizarre landscapes, and portraits of those who simultaneously appear both lost and found. The connecting thread is the visual strangeness and cultural collisions inherent in this phenomenon. This series includes photographs taken at the Osho Meditation Resort in Pune and the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram in Nayyar Dam, Kerala. With The Searchers, the artists build on themes explored in their previous bodies of work, specifically Expats and Natives (Bezzubov and Sucher) and The Gringo Project (Bezzubov). These previous projects center around young Western travelers...

24"x30" edition of 5 available unframed Phillip Buehler has been photographing abandoned places around the world since he rowed to the (then abandoned) Ellis Island in 1974. Many, like Greystone Park Hospital, have since been demolished; some, like Ellis Island and the High Line, have been restored, and some, like the S.S. United States and the New York State Pavilion, are now in jeopardy. Photographs from the (now demolished) Greystone Park Hospital are featured in this exhibition and in the book "Wardy Forty" which he wrote in 2013 about the last days of Woody Guthrie.

27"x40" (edition of 10) unframed, signed on reverse This photograph was taken at the site of Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Refinery, just before its dismantling and demolition. It was onc...

This photograph is available at 40"50" in a limited edition of 5, signed on reverse by the artist. Taken along the edge of the rainforest in the Republic of Gabon, the red of the ...

48"x60" limited edition of 3 signed by the artists on reverse (available unframed - please inquire about framing options). This photograph is taken with a large format camera, captu...

Walker Pickering is an artist and educator based in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where he has taught photography sinc...

16x20” Limited Edition Next available edition printed upon purchase. Other sizes available. Please allow 4 weeks for production.

16x20” Limited Edition Next available edition printed upon purchase. Other sizes available. Please allow 4 weeks for production.

16x20” Limited Edition Next available edition printed upon purchase. Other sizes available. Please allow 4 weeks for production.

16x20” Limited Edition Next available edition printed upon purchase. Other sizes available. Please allow 4 weeks for production.

16x20” Limited Edition Next available edition printed upon purchase. Other sizes available. Please allow 4 weeks for production.

16x20” Limited Edition Next available edition printed upon purchase. Other sizes available. Please allow 4 weeks for production.