Recent Abstracts
RECENT ABSTRACTS exhibits two dramatically different ways of producing an abstract photographic image. The first collection relates to traditional photography as they are through-the-lens abstractions, basically straight images that were printed exactly as they were composed in the camera’s viewfinder then recorded on the camera’s image sensor.
After years of photographing reflections of water on glassine surfaces (See WATER IMAGES exhibition portfolio), I discovered there is a trove of visual possibilities and potential images that actually benefit from moving water. Seven venues ranging from Chesapeake Bay, to Portofino Harbor, to Sanary-Sur-Mer, to Chelsea , NYC, to the Mekong River, Laos, to Costa Rica and Belize offered water “canvases” that appear first in RECENT ABSTRACTS
Unlike the abstracts that appear first, the latter images are an exploration into abstractions created after the image has been recorded on the sensor in the camera. The Inverness Suite was inspired by and pays homage to James Turrell’s magnificent Skyspace installations, and I acknowledge his genius in creating them. I love his vision. It inspired me to make my own investigation into the geometrics of light and color.
A crowd-sourced image in the truest sense with layers of anonymous artists adding their personal touch over time of images and text in four languages to this colorful urban graffiti artist/photographer Karen Jordan found in Rome.
Bold red and yellow swirling, intersecting, entwined , dripping brush strokes create a dramatic, colorful abstract graffiti above a sidewalk in Amsterdam, with the acronym OTGR in dripping red paint just below, by DC Photographer Karen Jordan.jpg
Over a background of wood grain showing, ominous black shapes appear torn, jagged, creating a dramatic visual rhythm in this abstract color photograph in Adams Morgan by Washington, DC, artist, Karen Jordan, Karen Jordan Kelly.
Perspective and planes are unidentifiable in this straight photograph of an Icelandic dramatic waterfall and vapor observed from a green promintory in the foreground.
This through-the-lens abstraction of bright green and yellow horizontal bands cross a field of cherry or fire-engine red plus a blend of all three colors in this straight photograph by Washington, DC, photographic artist Karen Jordan.
Abstract, nautical reflection of teal shapes on green water off Bahia Drake Bay, Costa Rica, photograph by Washington, DC, visual artist Karen Jordan
Dark blue lines and shaded ivory amorphous shapes on a field of blue create a through-the-lens abstraction of water reflections on Chesapeake Bay, MD.
An homage to Shakespeake’s Ophelia, an abstract photograph expressing movement of lowing teal grey water with drifting lavender petals, reflections, by Washington, DC, photographer Karen Jordan Images.
Sinuous forms in a light and dark green pattern create this throught-the-lens abstract image, photographed by Karen Jordan, somewhere along the Mekong River in Laos.
An abstract nautical photograph of a boat with layers or bands of white, black, and red next to the green water of Portofino harbor, Italy, by Washington, DC, photographer Karen Jordan
A long geometric shape intersects a blue, wavy background, a nautical water reflection by Washington, DC, photographic artist Karen Jordan. Sanary_Sur_Mer, France, harbor.
Photographing graceful, elegant vertical forms in soothing soft pastel gradients of green and blue realizes the magic of capturing living organic elements in one’s own backyard.
An abstract wavy paisley pattern in shades of blue, grey, ochre, brown, green and tan appears to be the coastline between a polar ivory/beige land mass and the teal blue sea, in this Chelsea Abstract, a straight photograph by Karen Jordan, Washington, DC, visual artist and photographer, taken at the Chelsea Pier in New York City.
A sharp, downward, elongated beam of light pierces and appears to be speeding through the darkness in this straight black-and-white photograph Untitled #2 taken in Berlin, Germany, by Karen Jordan, Washington, DC, photographer.
Strange geometric and organic forms passing through a cloudy space, seemingly from one dimension to another, evoked for me a time zone portal in this through-the-lens abstractIon.
A sharp elongated beam of light brightening the darkness from a high, narrow space in the Jewish Museum, Berlin, evokes a spiritual presence in this black-and-white photograph.
Inverness is a series of photos by Karen Jordan inspired by James Turrell’s great Sky Spaces installations. This is edition #8 in that series.
Inverness is a series of photos by Karen Jordan inspired by James Turrell’s great Sky Spaces installations. This is edition #4 in that series.
Inverness is a series of photos by Karen Jordan inspired by James Turrell’s great Sky Spaces installations. This is edition #1 in that series.
Inverness is a series of photos by Karen Jordan inspired by James Turrell’s great Sky Spaces installations. This is edition #2 in that series.
Inverness is a series of photos by Karen Jordan inspired by James Turrell’s great Sky Spaces installations. This is edition #6 in that series.
Inverness is a series of photos by Karen Jordan inspired by James Turrell’s great Sky Spaces installations. This is edition #7 in that series.