Andrea B. Stone photographer Layer Cake houston, tx The City Reflections Project When a photographer is transformed by Monet s The Magpie or is endlessly inspired by Kandinsky s Sea Battle, something magical happens. Conventional cityscapes melt away as buildings of steel and glass morph into canvases, reflections become paint and the camera becomes the brush.
In the Land of Dali dallas, tx Andrea has made a study of cityscapes reflected in distorted patterns in window glasses. But such a description is really too mechanical, because what she has created is in itself transformation... It bridges photography with impressionist art, creating magical pictures that could just as easily be paintings. ~David E. Wolf, Hati and Skoll Gallery
Olympic Boulevard los angeles, ca About the Project The City Reflections Project was born in the summer of 2011 during a visit to Portland, Oregon and grew to include nine other cities by the summer of 2016. It began as I was wandering through the streets of the downtown with my camera and, for reasons I cannot explain, I became consciously aware of the incredibly beautiful abstract patterns reflected in the windows. As I began to photograph these images, I found myself composing what appeared to be paintings. My initial awareness turned into an excitement and a passion for exploring more opportunities to capture this abstract art. I started to associate the way metal and glass, like structure and openness, represent the tension between elements in modern architecture. While the metal framework demands conformity, the glass reflections appear to explode almost in defiance of this structure and, in the end, seem to transcend their captors. I see the reconfigurations of reality in the windows of The City Reflections Project as a metaphor for how we interpret what we see, how we experience our interactions, and how we make sense of what is in front of us. While we can look directly at the world we can never truly see it. Without intention reality is inevitably distorted through the lens of our personal histories, much as light on a windowpane deforms the objects it reflects. Even with our distortions there are elements of reality most of us could agree on and this is why fragments of objects (a fluorescent light shining in a window, a car parked on a rooftop garage, or a rivet driven into steel) appear in these dream-like images to illustrate the dichotomy between truth and illusion. The City Reflections Project, through its imagery of colors, shapes and patterns, represents the way we place discordant pieces of our lives in proximity to each other, deconstruct the whole of an experience, embellish, elaborate and abstract the simple, plain and ordinary truth that is life.
Bricks and Mirrors new york, ny The great Elliott Erwitt once remarked that photography is an art of observation. It is about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. Andrea B. Stone s work brilliantly encapsulates this perspective on the essence of photography. Where painting, architecture, and photography intersect, the artist discovers moments of beauty in our everyday lives. It is only when we study her poetic cityscapes that their true subject is revealed; as we re-examine the pictures, the geometric structures and patterns merge back into their original forms. We begin to recognize the light-filled streets, and we start to make out individual details in the reflective surfaces of the skyscrapers. Inspired by impressionism, Stone atmospherically connects facades, reflections, and cityscapes in her impressive work. With meticulous composition, and by using coloured accents, the artist creates works that remain in our memory. Stone s photographs do not just temporarily shift our perspective, they invite us to see the painterly aspects of the architecture we encounter in our daily lives. ~Lumas Gallery, Berlin, DE
Men at Work houston, tx It s just a fabulous body of work. I have seen a lot of urban landscapes, as they are often called, but there s something very unique and delightful about this body of work. Maybe it s because of the color, maybe it s because of [Andrea s] unique way of seeing It s terrific. ~Brooks Jensen, Editor, LensWork magazine
Train Stop dallas, tx About the Artist Andrea s work can be found on the Stone Photography website and at the Stone Photography Gallery. The City Reflections Project has received global recognition beginning in November 2013 when she earned a Grand Prix Juror of Merit Award for Rooftop Dream in the International Fine Art Photography competition in Paris. Her images have been published and sold throughout Europe and Asia. Luminosity, from her Elements portfolio, appeared on the May 2016 cover of the Russian travel magazine S7. Her award-winning images have been selected for juried shows in Northern California including Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, The Blue Line Gallery, and Gallery 1855 (solo show, December 2014.) She has exhibited in many group shows including the Panopticon Gallery in Boston and, recently, Yolo Arts Gallery 625. In 2015, the Crocker Art Museum acquired Doorway To The Daily Diary for their permanent collection. Art Andrea is represented by Lumas (Berlin, DE), Art Consulting Services (Sacramento, CA), DSA Fine Arts (Beacon, NY), Kinzelman Art Consulting (Houston, TX), DAC Consulting (Atlanta, GA), and International Corporate Art (Miami, FL). Stone Photography 429 F Street, Suite 5, Davis, CA 95616 USA +1 530.756.6319 andrea@arstonephotography.com www.arstonephotography.com All rights reserved. Stone Photography 2016 Portrait by Tom Deininger