to view a preview selection of images from the second phase of the continuing chronology
"silent witness"

southern discomfort

a state in and of chaos . the second year . months 12-24

&

epilog

a visual dialog corroborating the commencement of healing

opening August 29. 2008

The Katrina Research Center . The University of Southern Mississippi . Long Beach, MS



To view a selection of prints for sale, in support fo the relief efforts in Mississippi, click here _________________________________________
 

UPCOMING SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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8.29.08

The three year anniversary of

The Perfect Storm


While silent witness may have been the breeding ground...southern discomfort suggests a visit to the middle ground, where extraordinary individuals endure. While most of use would have surrendered, the collective courage and strength of the Magnolia State stands as an example that despite mother nature's attempts to destroy, bury, and displace, the spirit of those who still make their homes and lives in Mississippi and the Gulf Coast could not be extinguished. To those who have lent support, and those reading along for the first time. Thank you on behalf of both old and new friends in Mississippi as well as the thousands who continue to suffer due to a lack of concern from a government without conscience.
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In my view, Keith Fishman's photographs are intimate explorations into an inner life. In stark contrast to the artist himself, who is outgoing, gregarious, and witty, Fishman's work is quiet, spare and solitary. His reductionist approach to subject matter, whether it be architecture, clouds, or man-made forms, dissolves into suggestion; there are other realities at work and play in his images.

A photographer for decades, Keith is master of both analog and the digital darkroom, creating a hybrid approach to his photos. His landscapes are mood pieces, orchestrated in seemingly countless shades of gray, while his abstracted city views are rendered in stark, yet nuanced, black and white tones.

Such passion and sacrifice inform and enrich his work. There is darkness in his imagery, but there is also mystery, lying enfolded or beyond the edges. Keith's images are meditation on silence and light, transcendent and compelling. Above all, Fishman's photographs draw the viewer in, to fill the textured space and complete the mystery.

One senses that Keith Fishman's photographic explorations are taking him into new places, both interior and exterior. His is a journey I will follow with great interest.
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Karen Sinsheimer, Curator of Photography, Santa Barbara Museum of Art

 

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