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The Beatles, Miami Beach
By Harry Benson
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
Category
1960s Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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Ted Williams 'Civil Rights'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Civil Rights, 1964
Silver gelatin print
20 x 24 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition
with certificate of authenticity
Crowds line the stands to observe a speech ...
Category
1960s Modern Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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Jared French, Queer Portraiture by George Platt Lynes
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by George Platt Lynes depicts the artist Jared French.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Valkyrie Song
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerment. The series joins six women together, each who have faced adversity, to demonstrate the creation of a strengthened self-image through tattoos. By highlighting the intricate woven threads of ink on each woman’s skin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper, Photogram
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Spirit of Thor
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper, Photogram
Price Upon Request
Cup of Blessing
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerment. The series joins six women together, each who have faced adversity, to demonstrate the creation of a strengthened self-image through tattoos. By highlighting the intricate woven threads of ink on each woman’s skin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper, Photogram
Price Upon Request
Star of the Sea
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerment. The series joins six women together, each who have faced adversity, to demonstrate the creation of a strengthened self-image through tattoos. By highlighting the intricate woven threads of ink on each woman’s skin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper, Photogram
Price Upon Request
Bride of Gudoko
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper, Photogram
Price Upon Request
Tracing Petals
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper, Photogram
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Frank Sinatra, Miami Boardwalk (Signed Platinum Print)
By Terry O'Neill
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 24/50, rare hand-signed platinum print. Includes black frame.
Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers with work hanging in national art galleries an...
Category
1960s Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
John Lennon - New York City
By Bob Gruen
Located in New York, NY
Bob Gruen (born 1945) is an American photographer known for his rock 'n' roll photographs, he is an author and has appeared in films.
Gruen was born in New York City. He began photo...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Motion Landscape (Empire State Building), New York
By Len Prince
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
Category
Early 2000s Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Price Upon Request
Inked In Kyoto
Located in New York, NY
Reka Nyari’s erotically charged photographs engage cultural narratives surrounding gender and sexuality. A master at the art of storytelling, Nyari’s newest series, GEISHA INK, documents Ginzilla, a dramatically-posed young woman whose naked body is lavishly-adorned with tattoos.
A champion of feminine fortitude, Nyari has long been fascinated with the art of capturing women without pretense. Recognizing strength in the vulnerability of the nude female form, she chooses most often to photograph women...
Category
2010s Photorealist Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographi...
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Duane Photographs Anthony Red [Duane Michals and Anthony Goicolea]
By Duane Michals
Located in New York, NY
Duane Photographs Anthony Red [Duane Michals and Anthony Goicolea]
2015
Signed, titled, and numbered (4/5) in black ink, recto
Five mounted gelatin silver prints with hand-applied ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Price Upon Request
Horizon
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Price Upon Request
Hope
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Reverence
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Price Upon Request
Secret Way
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Price Upon Request
Lonesome
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Price Upon Request
The Way
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Price Upon Request
Boundless
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Price Upon Request
Picture Perfect
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Price Upon Request
Wheel of Fortune
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Price Upon Request
What Does Colour Mean To You
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Price Upon Request
Behind Closed Doors
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Price Upon Request
Haven
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Price Upon Request
Home
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Price Upon Request
Everything Changes
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Everything Changes Back
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Don't Wake Me Up
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Beautiful
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Invisible
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Someday
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Disconnected
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Everything Changes Cover
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Guess It Was Me
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Always
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Touch the Sky
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Never Let You Go
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Hold On
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Looking 4 Luv
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
In Between
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Woman
By Julian Lennon
Located in New York, NY
Born in Liverpool, England, Julian Lennon began his artistic trajectory at a young age with an inherent talent for playing musical instruments. Those talents would soon broaden into ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Price Upon Request
Fading Beauty
By Drew Tal
Located in New York, NY
With his works included in the permanent collection at the Norton and the New Britain Museum, Drew Tal’s successful career has been nothing but a soaring ascension into the global ar...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Photogram
Price Upon Request
King of Kings, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 2020 by Björn Persson
By Björn Persson
Located in New York City, NY
Björn Persson is an internationally renowned artist based in Stockholm, Sweden. He has spent many years traveling around the world in search of adventure and spectacular images. His ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Beyond the veil
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerment. The series joins six women together, each who have faced adversity, to demonstrate the creation of a strengthened self-image through tattoos. By highlighting the intricate woven threads of ink on each woman’s skin, Nyari proposes the idea that self-empowerment and reconciliation with one’s traumas can be linked to the act of greeting one’s “own skin” or inventing their own story.
Nyari has now elevated these intimate photographs in her new Punctured Ink series through the process of puncturing botanical-like references into the surface of each image (thus making each one of a kind). Her inspiration to physically puncture the previously pristine photographic prints stemmed from a childhood memory that occurred while she was living in Finland: “I remembered my parents had this big pad of paper next to the home phone...
Category
2010s Photorealist Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Pho...
Price Upon Request
Idea
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerment. The series joins six women together, each who have faced adversity, to demonstrate the creation of a strengthened self-image through tattoos. By highlighting the intricate woven threads of ink on each woman’s skin, Nyari proposes the idea that self-empowerment and reconciliation with one’s traumas can be linked to the act of greeting one’s “own skin” or inventing their own story.
Nyari has now elevated these intimate photographs in her new Punctured Ink series through the process of puncturing botanical-like references into the surface of each image (thus making each one of a kind). Her inspiration to physically puncture the previously pristine photographic prints stemmed from a childhood memory that occurred while she was living in Finland: “I remembered my parents had this big pad of paper next to the home phone...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Photogram...
Price Upon Request
Yaa-sama Tears
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerment. The series joins six women together, each who have faced adversity, to demonstrate the creation of a strengthened self-image through tattoos. By highlighting the intricate woven threads of ink on each woman’s skin, Nyari proposes the idea that self-empowerment and reconciliation with one’s traumas can be linked to the act of greeting one’s “own skin” or inventing their own story.
Nyari has now elevated these intimate photographs in her new Punctured Ink series through the process of puncturing botanical-like references into the surface of each image (thus making each one of a kind). Her inspiration to physically puncture the previously pristine photographic prints stemmed from a childhood memory that occurred while she was living in Finland: “I remembered my parents had this big pad of paper next to the home phone...
Category
2010s Photorealist Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographi...
Price Upon Request
Beauty of Atatori
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerment. The series joins six women together, each who have faced adversity, to demonstrate the creation of a strengthened self-image through tattoos. By highlighting the intricate woven threads of ink on each woman’s skin, Nyari proposes the idea that self-empowerment and reconciliation with one’s traumas can be linked to the act of greeting one’s “own skin” or inventing their own story.
Nyari has now elevated these intimate photographs in her new Punctured Ink series through the process of puncturing botanical-like references into the surface of each image (thus making each one of a kind). Her inspiration to physically puncture the previously pristine photographic prints stemmed from a childhood memory that occurred while she was living in Finland: “I remembered my parents had this big pad of paper next to the home phone...
Category
2010s Photorealist Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Pho...
Price Upon Request
Engine
Located in New York, NY
French photographic artist, Jean Philippe Kadzinski currently resides in New York, where he produces rhythmic depictions of the opportune city. Born in a small village in Lorraine, t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper, Photogram
Price Upon Request
Land of Milk and Honey
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Photogram...
Price Upon Request
Levitate
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerm...
Category
2010s Photorealist Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Photogram, Archival Pi...
Price Upon Request
Bud of the Bud
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerment. The series joins six women together, each who have faced adversity, to demonstrate the creation of a strengthened self-image through tattoos. By highlighting the intricate woven threads of ink on each woman’s skin, Nyari proposes the idea that self-empowerment and reconciliation with one’s traumas can be linked to the act of greeting one’s “own skin” or inventing their own story.
Nyari has now elevated these intimate photographs in her new Punctured Ink series through the process of puncturing botanical-like references into the surface of each image (thus making each one of a kind). Her inspiration to physically puncture the previously pristine photographic prints stemmed from a childhood memory that occurred while she was living in Finland: “I remembered my parents had this big pad of paper next to the home phone...
Category
2010s Surrealist Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Photogram, Archival Pi...
Price Upon Request
Lament
By Drew Tal
Located in New York, NY
With his works included in the permanent collection at the Norton and the New Britain Museum, Drew Tal’s successful career has been nothing but a soaring ascension into the global ar...
Category
2010s Photorealist Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Photogram
Price Upon Request
Drop Dead
Located in New York, NY
Black and White photography.
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Photogram, Archival Pi...
Price Upon Request
The Cure for Life
Located in New York, NY
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Photogram, Archival Pi...
Price Upon Request
GAIA
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
Print is also available in a Medium size: 50'' x 40'' and is priced at $13,000. It is a black and white photographic print, with uniquely handmade puncture designs by the artist, set...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Plexi...
Price Upon Request
THUONG NGAN (FOREST GODDESS)
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
Print is also available in a Medium size : 50'' x 40'' and is priced at : $13,000. A black and white photographic print, with uniquely handmade puncture designs by the artist, set in a black shadow box frame.
The new series “Punctured Ink” incorporates works from Nyari’s ongoing, portrait project titled “Ink Stories”.
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerment. The series joins six women together, each who have faced adversity, to demonstrate the creation of a strengthened self-image through tattoos. By highlighting the intricate woven threads of ink on each woman’s skin, Nyari proposes the idea that self-empowerment and reconciliation with one’s traumas can be linked to the act of greeting one’s “own skin” or inventing their own story.
Nyari has now elevated these intimate photographs in her new Punctured Ink series through the process of puncturing botanical-like references into the surface of each image (thus making each one of a kind). Her inspiration to physically puncture the previously pristine photographic prints stemmed from a childhood memory that occurred while she was living in Finland: “I remembered my parents had this big pad of paper next to the home phone in Finland and I would use my mother’s sewing needles to poke patterns into the paper”.
This nostalgic memory in combination with the longing to apply her physical, painterly abilities resulted in the choice to transform these photographs via puncturing the paper. Unlike painting or drawing on the surface of each print, the raised, brail like holes created leave a permanent result, just as a tattoo does on one’s skin. While the surface of an artwork, like skin, is typically preserved and or avoided, Nyari follows in the subject’s footsteps by purposely destroying the pristine surface in order to create a new narrative. The act taps into a long history of tribal scarification which signified a right of passage, permitting the individual to transcend their past traumas and transforming their evolved selves. This notion grounds all of her works.
In addition, Nyari’s choice to puncture nature-based patterns into each portrait also has its own significance. She stated that when “talking about scarification and getting over trauma, to me, nature is one of the most healing and beautiful elements.”
As Nyari is emphasizing through her photographs, when you add a personal story onto the skin, it is a whole new layer that often becomes biographical. It translates a story to the audience of one’s past, future and wishes. While this concept existed in her previous photographic series, now, through puncturing the surface of each, Nyari is adding another layer of permanence onto her works’ meaning, therefore becoming, as she calls it “ink cubed”.
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Born in 1979 in Helsinki, and raised in Finland and Germany, Nyari came to New York City at the age of seventeen. While here, she studied at the School of Visual Arts where she not only began to model but found her passion for photography. Using inspiration from masters such as Helmut Newton and Cindy Sherman, Nyari’s work employs and explores the traditional ideal of beauty and gender to portray sexuality from a predominately female perspective. She utilizes technical elements such as gestures, nudity, the subject’s gaze, objects and more to link this connection of the empowered feminine identity. Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries throughout the United States and Europe and through such exposure, she has received multiple prestigious awards including the first-place winner of the International Photography Awards in 2010, Beauty Pro Category. Her 225-page Monograph titled “Femme Fatale: Female Erotic Photography...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Plexi...
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FILLE DE REVE
By Reka Nyari
Located in New York, NY
Print is also available in a large size : 63'' x 50'' and is priced at : $16,000. Each work is a one of a kind, unique piece that is hand punctured. The work also comes with a black floating frame.
The new series “Punctured Ink” incorporates works from Nyari’s ongoing, portrait project titled “Ink Stories”.
“Ink Stories”, which was introduced at Nyari’s very first solo gallery exhibit, consists of large-scale nude photographs that explore the concept of self-identity and female empowerment. The series joins six women together, each who have faced adversity, to demonstrate the creation of a strengthened self-image through tattoos. By highlighting the intricate woven threads of ink on each woman’s skin, Nyari proposes the idea that self-empowerment and reconciliation with one’s traumas can be linked to the act of greeting one’s “own skin” or inventing their own story.
Nyari has now elevated these intimate photographs in her new Punctured Ink series through the process of puncturing botanical-like references into the surface of each image (thus making each one of a kind). Her inspiration to physically puncture the previously pristine photographic prints stemmed from a childhood memory that occurred while she was living in Finland: “I remembered my parents had this big pad of paper next to the home phone in Finland and I would use my mother’s sewing needles to poke patterns into the paper”.
This nostalgic memory in combination with the longing to apply her physical, painterly abilities resulted in the choice to transform these photographs via puncturing the paper. Unlike painting or drawing on the surface of each print, the raised, brail like holes created leave a permanent result, just as a tattoo does on one’s skin. While the surface of an artwork, like skin, is typically preserved and or avoided, Nyari follows in the subject’s footsteps by purposely destroying the pristine surface in order to create a new narrative. The act taps into a long history of tribal scarification which signified a right of passage, permitting the individual to transcend their past traumas and transforming their evolved selves. This notion grounds all of her works.
In addition, Nyari’s choice to puncture nature-based patterns into each portrait also has its own significance. She stated that when “talking about scarification and getting over trauma, to me, nature is one of the most healing and beautiful elements.”
As Nyari is emphasizing through her photographs, when you add a personal story onto the skin, it is a whole new layer that often becomes biographical. It translates a story to the audience of one’s past, future and wishes. While this concept existed in her previous photographic series, now, through puncturing the surface of each, Nyari is adding another layer of permanence onto her works’ meaning, therefore becoming, as she calls it “ink cubed”.
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Born in 1979 in Helsinki, and raised in Finland and Germany, Nyari came to New York City at the age of seventeen. While here, she studied at the School of Visual Arts where she not only began to model but found her passion for photography. Using inspiration from masters such as Helmut Newton and Cindy Sherman, Nyari’s work employs and explores the traditional ideal of beauty and gender to portray sexuality from a predominately female perspective. She utilizes technical elements such as gestures, nudity, the subject’s gaze, objects and more to link this connection of the empowered feminine identity. Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries throughout the United States and Europe and through such exposure, she has received multiple prestigious awards including the first-place winner of the International Photography Awards in 2010, Beauty Pro Category. Her 225-page Monograph titled “Femme Fatale: Female Erotic Photography...
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