Yuka Tsuruno gallery presents 'Blues' by New York based photographer Tim Barber, from Saturday, October 10th to Saturday, November 14th 2015.

'Blues' will be Barber's fourth exhibition held at Yuka Tsuruno Gallery. The beautiful blue photos that will be exhibited are images taken on an iPhone and then printed using cyanotype technique. This series were first shown in New York in May 2015, receiving high acclaim. In this exhibition images of various sizes from old and new series will be on display. On the opening day of October 10th, a reception will be held for Barber who will also hold an artist talk and also book signing of the monograph 'Blues.' (galerie du jour agnes b.) Also on the same day at agnes b. store in Aoyama, selected pieces from 'Blues' will be exhibited and also limited edition tote bags will be on sale.

Artist statement 

One of my earliest art-related memories is from elementary school, going to a cemetery making charcoal rubbings of grave stones on flimsy newsprint. I remember thinking about it later on making contact prints in the darkroom in high-school, realizing it was a related process, making the linear connection between photography and archaic printmaking. I've always liked thinking about photos that way, that they are like very detailed rubbings of three dimensional reality, translations of impressions. It was this train of thought that brought me back to working with traditional cyanotypes for this new body of work. I was interested in what would happen in the intersection between the digital source images, taken with an iPhone camera, and this archaic blue-print process. I see these prints as re-translated impressions, charcoal rubbings of their originals.

Artist Profile

Tim Barber was born in 1979 in Vancouver Canada, grew up in Western Massachusetts, and now lives in New York City. Known equally for his curatorial practice as he is a photographer, Barber is the former photo editor of Vice Magazine, and the mind behind the hugely influential on-line gallery and image archive www.tinyvices.com.

Tim Barber is known for his elegantly composed observations that locate complex beauty in the seemingly mundane. His images create interwoven narratives that are as generous to the viewer as they are mysterious. From portraits to landscapes to narrative scenes, Barber approaches all of his subject matter with a palpable delicacy. Barber also shoots for fashion magazines and commercials, gaining more popularity as NY's edgy photographer.