Nicholas Prior: Age of Man
Friday, August 10, 2007
Untitled #11 (from “Age of Man”)
© Nicholas Prior
Nicholas Prior’s photographs from his series Age of Man are beautiful.
Prior explores the subject of childhood as a continuously evolving social construction. Set against deceptively benign New England environments, the photographs examine the loss of distinction between adults and children, reversing the commonly held adult conception of childhood as a period of innocence and simplicity.
Untitled #26 (from “Age of Man”)
© Nicholas Prior
With adults noticeably absent, obscured or relegated to the background, Prior focuses instead on the fashions, mannerisms, technologies and rituals that function as trappings of adulthood. More than just harbingers of what is already their destiny, these adult artifacts and artifices have become assimilated and recontextualized by children.
Untitled #140 (from “Age of Man”)
© Nicholas Prior
Exploring the emotional space that children create for themselves, Prior captures children’s attempts to define individuality through, and often in spite of, their surroundings. The resulting photographs reveal a vision of childhood in which the depth and complexity of the adult world are contained.
Untitled #135 (from “Age of Man”)
© Nicholas Prior
Nicholas is represented by Yossi Milo and Robert Koch. He also teaches at School of Visual Arts in New York.
August 16th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
I think I saw this photographer some where a few months back. For so reason I really like these photographs even though they seem to fit into some sort of formula for me. The best part is that ones like the untitled #11 break it for me and make a magical photograph.
hows it going by the way
August 22nd, 2007 at 9:29 am
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