K E N W E I S S B L U M
Ken Weissblum
330 E 71 St. #5H
New York, NY, 10021, USA
(917) 579-1943
ken@metaphotography.com
www.metaphotography.comARTIST’S STATEMENT
“Like most artists, there are several influences on my work as a photographer. My training and practice as a psychoanalyst facilitates free associations that are reflected in my images, and it enables me to work intuitively with my models (nudes). Residing and working in New York City affords me access to a diversity of cultural genres, in particular dance, which is the primary source for my models. I engage them as collaborators, giving them the freedom to respond to a concept or interact with an object as I visually capture their expressions and movements. I am inspired by the Dutch Masters to search for unusual ways to utilize light, and, like the Surrealists, I shape my fantasies into dream-like realities.
Just as a painter brings different elements into his/her work, using advanced digital imaging techniques, I combine traditional photographic subjects, such as nudes, with landscapes as well as atypical backgrounds. Using this process of Metaphotography, the background becomes more than just a support for my nudes; instead, it interacts with the figure. By combining the primal form of a nude with the graphical elements in a landscape or other background, and using shapes, textures, light and shadows, I am attempting to expose my audiences to a new visual experience.
The Roentgen's Dreams (X-ray) image series blends two apparently contradictory, yet traditional imaging techniques used with the human body: reflective photography and penetrative X-rays.
I am fascinated by the duality of man's relationship between inner & outer self, and have become exceedingly interested in how the human figure interacts with the forms and shapes of Roentgen shadows, and the way in which our polarities are expressed through their visualization.
Through this exploration, I hope to reconcile such polarities as: spiritual/physical; subjective/objective; and life/death.
My work has received numerous awards and appeared in solo and group shows; international exhibitions; publications (magazines, calendars, newsletters, books, annual reports, etc.); Internet websites; photo trade shows; and private collections.
Join me as I show you my interpretation of our world.”
Selected Recent Exhibitions:
2005 Open Juried Exhibition, Photomedia Center, PA, USA
2005 National Juried Competition, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts, NJ, USA
2005 Salmagundi Photography Juried Exhibition, New York City, USA (Salmagundi award)
2005 fotofoto gallery photography competition, Huntington, NY, USA (2nd place)
2005 Digital Art Extravaganza, Limner Gallery, Phoenicia, NY, USA
2005 Annual Photography, Albany Center Galleries, Albany, NY, USA
2005 Photowork '05, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
2005 Motiva 2005, World of Images, Austria (gold medal)
2004 Juried Exhibition, Projekt30, USA
2004 Juried Photography Exhibition, Texas Artists Museum, TX, USA
2004 Photography '04, The Main Street Gallery, NY, USA (Juror's Choice Award)
2004 A Moment of Times, St Louis Artists' Guild, MO, USA
2004 International New Talent Photography Exhibition, 70NW Gallery, PA, USA
2004 National Juried Competition, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts, NJ, USA
2004 Photography Unlimited, Japan (special recognition)
2004 Salmagundi Photography Juried Exhibition, New York City, USA (Salmagundi award)
2004 Annual Photo Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, Wash., USA (purchase award)
2004 Photographic Art of Five Continents, Cegled, Hungary; permanent collection
2004 Photo Art: Illusions; London Photographic Awards, UK
2004 Human Figure, Olin Fine Arts Center, Pennsylvania, USA
2004 Envisioning the Future Photo Competition, Millard Sheets Gallery, California, USA
2003 National Juried Photography Exhibition, Washington Gallery of Photography, Maryland, USA
2003 Digital Fine Arts 2003, Eleanor Bliss Center for the Arts, Colorado, USA
2003 National Digital Art Exhibition, The Muse Gallery, Arizona, USA
2003 Photography Unlimited, Japan (gold prize)
2003 Exhibition 2003, The London Salon of Photography, UK (medal)
2003 National Juried Competition, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts, NJ, USA
2003 Photography Show, SPACe Gallery, Colorado, USA (first place)
2003 Photography: The Manipulated Image, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, VA, USA
2003 31st Annual Photo Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, Washington, USA
2003 Skin 2003, Icebox Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2003 National Photography Exhibition, Stepping Stone Gallery, Huntington, NY, USA
2003 Photo Art 3, National Art League, Douglaston, NY, USA; (third place)
2002 Los Angeles County Fair's New Photography juried exhibition, California, USA
2002 Digital Visions, Center for Contemporary Art, California, USA
2002 Photography Show 2002, SPACe Gallery, Colorado, USA: (first place)
2002 b.j. spoke gallery, Huntington, New York, USASelected Publications:
Photo Art Magazine, portfolio, 1/06
ZOOM International photography magazine, portfolio/article, Sept/Oct 2005,#70,pp.40-43
PHOTOgraphic Magazine, 6/04, 9/03
American Photo Magazine, Digital Magic, Finalist, 11/04, 11/02
Shutterbug Magazine, 11/03, 8/01, 11/00
Photo Life Magazine, 7/05, 3/05, 3/02, 3/01
Apogee Photo Magazine, "Lets Get Digital" contest, Grand Prize, 7/02
e-Digital Photo Magazine: Digital Photo Contest, 1st place, 1/01
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