Artist Statement
Kris Graves creates photographs of landscapes and people to preserve memory. The images stillness cause the viewer to acknowledge the inevitability of change and the passage of time. These views will never be exactly as they were at their precise recorded moment. Graves suspends his belief and knowledge of this change, not to document a moment or state, but rather to sustain it.
Process Statement
For the past years, I have been photographing landscapes and people, usually outside of New York. I find myself more productive on short trips around the United States and Europe. My studio portraiture happens in New York with a large format camera. My other portraiture and most landscape work ranges between 6x7cm, 6x9cm, and 4x5" work.
Kris Graves creates photographs of landscapes and people to preserve memory. The images' stillness cause the viewer to acknowledge the inevitability of change and the passage of time. These views will never be exactly as they were at their precise recorded moment. Graves suspends his belief and knowledge of this change, not to document a moment or state, but rather to sustain it.
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