John Lehr Photography

Courtesy the artist and mack.

John lehr photography. John lehr and robert slifkin in conversation. Corcoran gallery of art washington d c. Thursday 18 june 19 00 bst london 14 00 edt new york photographer john lehr and writer robert slifkin discuss lehr s book the island position. Lehr graduated with a b f a.

His most recent series the island position documents the facades of american commercial spaces that are being threatened by the emergence of e commerce. When faced with lehr s images i m immediately reminded of eugene atget s paris storefront photographs. The wealth of detail available to him in the digital files he creates is then dissected subtly amplified or toned down in the computer to create seamless pictures that oscillate between reality and hallucination. John lehr was born in baltimore maryland in 1975 lehr examines urban surfaces and facades with tripod mounted cameras.

He went to high school at shawnee mission west high. From the typography of advertising post production and sequencing to the changing landscape of capitalism in america. John lehr born 1974 in baltimore maryland is an american photographer active in new york city. John lehr born november 25 1965 is an american film and television actor and comedian.

John lehr s photographs centre around things we don t see. Lehr was born on november 25 1965 in overland park kansas. Sort by a z z a by date view 20 per page 40 per page 60 per page 80 per page. From yale university in 2005.

In john lehr s the island position we examine the last ditch efforts of struggling retailers as they attempt to entice the world from their windows in hopes of weathering the storm of late capitalism. The facades of shops the techno utopias of the call centers or mobile phone sales point bleed into boarded up strip mall windows and the implications of a plastic and temporary commercial culture begin to appear bf. From the maryland institute college of art mica in 1998 and earned his m f a. Citation needed institutions that have displayed lehr s art include the museum of modern art new york.

Stairs leading nowhere masking tape floating in trees nuggets. Despite having only graduated from yale where he now teaches relatively recently. Image from the island position mack 2019. Limited research the sort done rushed without real objectives reveals lehr to be important he s shown at moma walker art centre etc.

He graduated from northwestern university in 1988.