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David Sokosh
Bowl of Cherries (Contemporary Blue and White Cyanotype Still Life Photo)

2022

$1,300
£977.91
€1,132.87
CA$1,832.73
A$2,038.12
CHF 1,069.54
MX$24,853.88
NOK 13,519.39
SEK 12,674.97
DKK 8,455.57

About the Item

Bowl of Cherries Contemporary Still Life Cyanotype Photograph of a bowl of cherries Image is 20 x 16 inches, paper size is 24 x 18 inches, ed of 5 Unframed David Sokosh is a storyteller with a unique ability to internalize, synthesize, and recollect. If one of his tenderly photographed stills lifes was a tiny window into the workings of his mind, then on the other side you would discover a trove of collected treasures. Vintage teacups with cheeky quips and phrases fill shelves of props in the studio alongside antique busts, a skull, silver teapots, an old baseball signed by Babe Ruth; a mannequin donning a vintage, sailor uniform leans casually in the corner. His sustained preoccupation with material culture feeds his interest in photography and historical processes, making his knack for collecting the subject of his art. Sokosh has always embraced analog photographic methods, accepting heavy equipment and long exposure times as necessary mechanisms to antiquated production. In recent work, he creates prints from negatives using the 19th Century process of cyanotype. Relishing the physical qualities of hand-crafted prints, he uses chemistry and scale to manufacture variations on themes in signature, blue tones. Sokosh’s work is in numerous public collections including the Polaroid Corporation. Artist Statement: In this era of viewing digitally created  images on screens, I am part of the renaissance in hand-crafted photography. Using the Nineteenth Century techniques of black and white film shot in large format view cameras and cyanotype printing, I create photographic pieces on paper in limited editions. I am drawn to the hand-crafted nature of these photographs. I live in a self-created pre-modern world full of period objects of all kinds. These authentic process lets me explore the mindset of the early photographer/scientist/collector. I’m drawn to the quality of photograph-as-object that cyanotype yields and I see the limits of these technologies as a challenge rather than a hindrance.
  • Creator:
  • Creation Year:
    2022
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    10 x 8 inch image, 14 x 11 inch paper size, ed. of 5Price: $1,10019 x 15 inch image, 23 x 18 inch paper size, ed. of 5Price: $1,40038 x30 inch image, 40 x 32 inch paper size, ed. of 5Price: $2,800
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  • Gallery Location:
    Hudson, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU22713043422

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