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In conjunction with my exhibit in December 2023, I have created a book to include many more spills than could be exhibited (122 images, 108 pages).

I have been photographing spills for over eight years now. Over time I’ve gotten better at noticing these found abstractions, sometimes quite tiny, and I’ve come to know the color/tonality I can pull from the raw image. As with much of my photography, the chosen subject would likely go unnoticed by people walking by.

These images all originated as Instagram posts. I have pulled out the best of the bunch and associated them to each other either as diptychs or triptychs. The paired/triad images were likely shot years apart.

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Splash, Splatter, Splat

By Susan Bowen

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I have also released a book related to my exhibit of February 2023, which includes many more round things (44 pages, 93 images) than could have been exhibited at Soho Photo Gallery at the time.

This is a selection of images shot on my morning walks, primarily in the East Village where I live. They were originally posted on my Instagram feed, 2015 to the present. Most of my Instagram shots are of objects, spills, and other things found on the street. This selection are images are categorized by their graphic nature and round shape. They are all presented in plan view (straight down). I’ve paired them as having something in common with their partner.

Most of the subjects in my various “looking down” series are ephemeral in nature… that what I am shooting will likely be gone or changed at any moment. I enjoy the element of chance in my work; I never know what I will find. To me few subjects are out of bounds; what might be considered trash to others is for me an opportunity for beauty and self-expression.

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Rounds Found Around

By Susan Bowen