a fertile darkness
a fertile darkness explores the idea of place, both physical and temporal, what defines these places, and how these places are replaced over time: what do we retain of an actual place in our memories?
These are photographs that ostensibly document daily life, but the details which root an image in time and place are stripped away to reveal the subject’s essentialness: a feeling, an atmosphere, a memory. Yet the images are not abstract as the subject remains recognizable, and as such they retain a sense of universality. What’s left are moments that suggest stories, fragmented and unfinished, and ultimately left for the viewer to complete.
I'm constantly adding to this series, but not necessarily updating this gallery. For many many more images from this series, please follow @jonasyiphotography at Instagram. Prints from this series can be purchased here.
EXHIBITS
2022
All About The Light, 3/4-3/26, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
Krappy Kamera, Juried Group Show, 3/1-3/31, SohoPhoto Gallery, NYC, NY
2020
2020 Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Oct-Dec, online
6th Annual Photography Show, 3/7-3/28, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Krappy Kamera, Juried Group Show, 2/17-3/7, SohoPhoto Gallery, NYC, NY
2018
1st Annual Silicon Valley Plastic Camera Show, 7/13-10/19, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Projections in the BoomYard, 4/19, Month of Photography LA, Infinity Room, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Krappy Kamera, Juried Group Show, 3/7-4/1, SohoPhoto Gallery, NYC, NY
Naked vs Nude, 3/4-4/1, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Plastic Camera Show, Juried Group Show, 3/1 - 4/23, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA
2015
Alternative Cameras: Pinholes to Plastic, 12/22/2015-1/15/2016, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Somerville Toy Camera Festival, 9/12 – 9/27, Nave Annex, Somerville, MA
Somerville Toy Camera Festival, 9/12 – 9/26, Washington Street Art Center, Somerville, MA
Plastic Camera Show, Juried Group Show, 3/11 - 5/3, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA
2014
Somerville Toy Camera Festival, 6/7 - 6/29, Nave Annex, Somerville, MA
Somerville Toy Camera Festival, 6/7 - 6/28, Washington Street Art Center, Somerville, MA
Plastic Camera Show, Juried Group Show, 3/5 - 4/29, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA