Sciency Santa Fe
A little less than a year ago I was enjoying myself in the hectic and humbling environment at Review Santa Fe. Meeting the artists behind the work I loved, like the Chicagraphers , and new friends, like Todd and John , as well as unbeknownst future co-workers like Joy .
Before I ever considered even being worthy to attend, I had followed the work Santa Fe prize winners, such as Alec Soth , Eirik Johnson , and Sheila Pree Bright . Seeing their careers exposure in the years following the review truly made me want to attend to at least naively probe into the photography world a bit.
This years winner, Leigh Anne Langwell , has been stuck in my eyes for days. In contrast to the winners previously mentioned, this work is black and white photograms with a scientific twist. As many of you know, this harmony of science and photography has been the subject of my research for many years. I am always amazed at how I can endlessly search for related work and still randomly be presented with some that has been in front of my face for some time.
This work follows in a history of the beautiful invisible world. Though the artist has a background with microphotography, these are fiction, fabricated to give the immediate impression of real, yet somehow by the careful nature of their production they make me think even more about our relationship to the unseen mechanics of our bodies and the universe.
To see more, check out The Center and Langwell's page .