By
Etan Ben-Ami
Piece description from the artist
I was walking down East 7th Street near Avenue A in New York on the day after Valentines, when I spotted a bouquet of roses on the ground, among garbage. How could I pass by without wondering about the story behind it. Were they thrown out the window in a moment of angry rejection? Were they put in the garbage by a disappointed lover? I'll never know, and so I took this picture.
Etan Ben-Ami is a semi-retired psychotherapist and full-time lens-based artist. He has crammed several careers into his life.
He began exploring New York's art museums and galleries from his early teen years. In the early 1980s, he became interested in holography and high-resolution computer graphics. He helped holographer Jody Burns with computer software to pre-visualize holographic exposures used in creating holograms designed by Israeli artist Agam.
His interest then turned to the New York poetry scene. He studied with Alice Notley, among others. He co-edited and produced the local 'Cheap Review of Poetry' in part as a challenge to the increasingly stifling professionalism in poetry and the arts.
In his sixties, he has renewed his interest in visual arts, especially abstract and expressionist photography. He is a member of Brooklyn Artists Waterfront Coalition.
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