By Erik Pawassar
Located in San Francisco, CA
Oh Deer (Japan) by Erik Pawassar
from a series of urban observations of contemporary Japan
40 x 27 inches (102 X 69cm)
signed edition of 25
71 x 48 inches (180 x 122cm)
signed edition of 7
archival fine art pigment print
signed & numbered by artist on certificate label
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Erik Pawassar's work focuses on the beauty of the disregarded or mundane object. The subjects for his striking and captivating visuals are typically set in the most ordinary environments, drawing the viewer into a charged but serene experience based on composition, palette and formal lines. Saturated in color, the nominal subjects gather a haunting and mesmerizing quality, creating a poignant pretext for the making of a formal color photograph.
Decisively capturing the traces left by humanity, Pawassar's images are filled with a sense of universal nostalgia and pay homage to the passage of time and the extinguished moment, referencing documentary and street photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastian Salgado, Raghubir Singh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
MaterialsArchival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée