Jen Bekman Gallery is pleased to present The Urban Wilderness, twelve photographs by Joseph O. Holmes. The Urban Wilderness is Holmes' first solo exhibition at the gallery.

Holmes' photographic practice is rooted in his ability to capture and elevate the everyday into the quintessential. The viewer is carried to another place and time, often thought to only exist in films and... [read more]

Jen Bekman Gallery is pleased to present The Urban Wilderness, twelve photographs by Joseph O. Holmes. The Urban Wilderness is Holmes' first solo exhibition at the gallery.

Holmes' photographic practice is rooted in his ability to capture and elevate the everyday into the quintessential. The viewer is carried to another place and time, often thought to only exist in films and fantasies. In The Urban Wilderness, a stark snowy landscape of Brooklyn's Prospect Park, a place familiar to many, is captured as a wonderland that could easily be mistaken for remote and vast landscapes far away from the city. Symbols of man intrude upon the pristine park: fencing, lampposts and looming buildings. The images, in turn, define the magical sensation of finding a brief moment of isolation in a place often overcome by crowds, chaos and noise.