Thursday, February 25, 2016

About 'Gay Arms,' a new photo exhibition by Grant Shaffer



East Village resident Grant Shaffer, a frequent contributor to EVG, is having a photo exhibition starting tomorrow evening.

Here are some details:

For the exhibition, "Gay Arms," Grant Shaffer presents a body of nearly 100 new photographic works. The series is documentary in style, with its subjects pulled from the artist's life.

Shaffer describes his artistic process as a means of understanding: "When I'm taking pictures, I think of myself as an alien who's here for a while, trying to understand the experience of my sliver of life on this planet. It's hard to say what my photos and this show are about. It's just intuitive. It's me trying to take in the world and asking people to notice or consider something."

La MaMa Galleria
47 Great Jones St.
(between Lafayette and the Bowery)

The show runs from Feb. 26 through March 13. The opening is tomorrow (Friday!) night from 6-9.

And here's one of my favorite photos of Shaffer's that I posted at EVG... from Tompkins Square Park in January 2014...

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2 comments:

  1. Laura Goggin PhotographyFebruary 25, 2016 at 11:51 PM

    Congrats, Grant!

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2016 at 11:50 AM

    That first one - someone's got a bad case of synesthesia! Which is not a bad thing to have for a photographer. Check http://skeetmotis.blogspot.com for some.

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