Current Artist
Sam Stinson
April 4th - May 1st, 2024
Recent works
“In retrospect”
Sam Stinson is a film photographer and darkroom printer whose work explores the intersection between artistic vision and scientific experimentation. He roams the Pacific Northwest to find inspiration and vision in both constructed and wild places. He uses analog photography and wet-process printing to blur the line between the soft fabric of nature and the harsh textures of civilization.
In Retrospect is inspired by an anonymous stranger's criticism: "Photography is boring - a photo is old news, of something that's already happened. There's no imagination in taking a photo, and no inspiration to be had from one once it's made." Taking this criticism as a challenge, the artist set out to produce a series of work that inverts this thinking. These 12 frames contrast the mechanical permanence of time-worn industrial works with the fleeting and ephemeral timelessness of nature. While it is true that every photograph is of something that has already happened, nonetheless you will find inspiration and fuel for your imagination within them.