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BROOKLYN, TWILIGHT
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Another summer finds its way into autumn and slowly each day's light fades earlier and earlier. I've witnessed a few astonishing sunsets this summer and I have pictures to prove it. All of us indulge upon those gem skies however I'd like to talk about a New York based photographer who brings her camera out after the sun is down. I encourage you to visit the Brooklyn Public Library featuring "Brooklyn, Twilight - An Exhibition of Photographs by Lynn Saville" opening September 18th. Saville welcomes twilight, a magical time of day that dominates her eloquent photographic vision of her urban surroundings. She has timeless cityscapes of New York, Paris, Venice as well as rural scenes in Vermont and North Carolina. In this exhibition Lynn shares her night views in Brooklyn as if she's whispering a secret to us. |
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Her sense of place is important although the darkness heightens her imagery. |
Lynn Saville's photographs of Brooklyn exaggerate scenes that are familiar to us. Her sense of place is important although the darkness heightens her imagery. Saville's work is mysterious and cinematic and we are drawn to the shadows and what is not there. The streets in Red Hook and Coney Island may be places we work or sights we encounter on our way to work. She photographs places to come home to such as an illuminated stoop or a view from a neighborhood window or rooftop. Each photograph is quiet and allows the viewer to safely explore an isolated scene within a bustling borough. We find street lamps or headlights illuminating architectural forms and rain soaked streets. These streets host an opposite dynamic once daylight breaks. |
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Artists are often influenced by their early experiences and incorporate their personal history and memories into their artwork. Saville fondly remembers family journeys to New York City when she was five, ten, and fifteen years old. These are tender perspectives worth consideration and Lynn's passion for this city began to grow. She consistently believed she would live and work in New York. After graduating from Duke University Saville pursued her Masters of Fine Arts degree at Pratt Institute. She studied with William Gedney whose work and background strongly influences and parallels her own. In 1987 Saville was awarded the New York Foundation for the Arts Photography Fellowship and this year Duke University acquired a collection of her prints for their library. In addition Saville's work is included in several museum collections such as the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Milwaukee Art Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the New York Public Library. Saville's photographs are published in a monograph titled, "Acquainted with the Night" by Rizzoli and she is represented by Yancey Richardson Gallery in New York. |