Piece description from the artist
The Fedora, a West Village institution, sadly couldn't weather the never-ending storm that is the coronavirus pandemic. When they shut their doors permanently, it was like a heart slowly beating its last beats.
About the Series: When the first lockdown went into place in New York City, I obeyed the rules and resisted the urge to take advantage of the newly-vacated streets. As time went on, the city's landscape – literally, architecturally, spiritually – kept changing even as many of us hunkered down. When restrictions lifted and I started walking around, the physical changes that were most glaring were those that were silent – homes vacated by neighbors who fled the city, shops that locked their doors and emptied their shelves, restaurants that shuttered for good…these once-thriving places have become merely spaces.
Titled, dated, and signed on the front. This is a limited series of 21.
Image size is 10" x 13" on a 13" x 19" Canson Baryta Photographique paper
Deb grew up with cameras, films, and other photography accouterments being as normal to her as baseballs or dolls were to other kids. She learned to take what was there, what was real — the light, the dark, the mood, the balance, the air — and translate it through the lens. Having a deep affinity for water, she merged these two passions and began creating underwater work. In the water, everything that we know goes away — noise, gravity, perceptions — there is tremendous peace and it allows Deb to create visual enigmas that calm rather than confuse.
Even with this devout love of photography, Deb had always worked in other media, forging more than just images, rather pieces that seem to morph. That which we actually see is an interpretation — the viewer’s — and that changes with each person, lighting, environment, and more.
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