Above Photograph: Sara, from the OBJECT:AFFECTION project by Daniel W. Coburn
Daniel Coburn will exhibit photographs & text from his body of work, Object: Affection at the Lawrence Arts Center June 10 – July 11, 2011.
Join the artist at a public viewing and reception at the Lawrence Arts Center on June 10th from 7-9 pm
940 New Hampshire Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044
785-843-2787
This project investigates the physical/psychological condition one experiences through the process of self-objectification. Coburn explores concepts related to the person as object and the photograph as object: the sitter as commodity and the print/media as the vehicle for distribution. In addition, this work illustrates the direct connection between an individual’s material possessions and that individual’s personal identity. The model is asked to participate in a photo shoot, and to approach the situation with the intent of making a photograph for a lover, significant other, or an ideal mate. Coburn’s long-term goal for this project is to study a widely diverse cross-section of people in an effort to understand how age, race, gender, sexual orientation and varying social/economic backgrounds affect a person’s approach and reaction to the process of self-objectification. Personal narratives from Coburn’s subjects accompany the photographs.
Bio:
Daniel Coburn is a contemporary photographer whose visually arresting images have garnered national and international praise. Selections from his body of work have been featured in exhibitions at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art and the Chelsea Art Museum in New York. His work is held in many public and private collections as well as the permanent collections of the Mariana Kistler-Beach Museum of Art, the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, the Mulvane Museum of Art, and the Moraine Park Museum. In 2007, Coburn was a recipient of the Artist-In-Residence award at Rocky Mountain National Park. He published a photographic essay entitled “Rediscovering Paradise” which focused on the impact of an overwhelming human presence in the National Park. He was a recipient of the 2008 Kansas Mid-Career Artist Fellowship Award presented by the Kansas Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2007 and 2008 Daniel served as president of the Lawrence Photo Alliance, an organization dedicated to the success of photographic artists in the Midwest. Daniel is the co-author of a book entitled “Between Earth and Sky” which showcases his collection of photographs from Kansas. Coburn received his BFA with an emphasis in photography from Washburn University where he was the recipient of numerous honors including the Charles and Margaret Pollak Award. Daniel is currently a graduate student studying and teaching photography at the University of New Mexico.
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