Tom Chambers

Fowl Play

2015

Loading Zone is from Julie Blackmon's ongoing series Domestic Vacations. Domestic Vacations: The Dutch proverb "a Jan Steen household" originated in the 17th century and is used to...

South & Pershing St. in a signed archival pigment ink print from Julie Blackmon's ongoing series Home Grown. “When I began taking pictures,” Blackmon says, “ I was primarily interes...

Tiger #9, Los Angeles, CA, 2016, is a color photograph and is signed and numbered Affinity by Brad Wilson is a series of exquisitely detailed close-up color portraits of captive b...

Planet Meiyo 17.3600 is a limited edition color photograph and is signed and numbered. Focusing on subjects grand and mundane, Ernie Button takes color photographs of cities and si...

Shibui 2988 is a limited edition color photograph and is signed and numbered Focusing on subjects grand and mundane, Ernie Button takes color photographs of cities and sights on his...

Shibui 3087 is a limited edition color photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Focusing on subjects grand and mundane, Ernie Button takes color photographs of cities and sight...

Archival pigment print Signed and numbered on label, verso 20 x 24 inches (Edition of 10) 43 x 50 inches (Edition of 7) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Since the great success of her monkey portraits...

Archival pigment print Signed and numbered on label, verso 24 x 20 inches (Edition of 10) 50 x 43 inches (Edition of 7) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York ...

Rebecca Skinner’s “Industrial Beauty” was photographed at an abandoned lace factory and is part of a series documenting the loss of industry in America. The 16 x 24 inch color photog...

Rebecca Skinner’s “Incapacitated” is part of her "Rust to Dust" series documenting the beauty of the decaying automobile. The 20 x 30 inch color photograph is of an antique car...

Dark Flora #5 - May Foxgloves, 2020 Archival Pigment Print, Mounted on Aluminium, in bespoke Oak Framed, Edition 3/8 Foraged from Sussex Wealden woodland in early summer, it includes Foxgloves, beech, heather and star moss surrounding a woodland bird’s nest. Foxglove’s sometimes used to be called dead man’s bells due to every part of the plant being poisonous... Inspired by Victorian era taxidermy dioramas...

17" x 22" edition of 7 + 2 AP $1,400 unframed 24" x 36" edition of 7 + 2 AP $2,800 unframed Combining the documentary style of my previous climate project, The Witness Tree, with my earlier narrative fictional approach, I photograph paper cutouts (from appropriated online images) of climate-threatened birds. I place the cutouts within the birds’ current habitats so that they look real, but upon inspection, reveal themselves to be photos within photos—the gaze within the gaze upon nature—as actual birds recede into marginal zones of survival. The images are meant to disrupt the casual gaze, disarming the expectations of nature photography, leaving viewers disturbed and curious. Divergence of Birds (2017-current) A large-scale, long-term, multimedia conceptual project about the threat of species extinction on birds in North America . My current climate project, Divergence of Birds, takes inspiration from two texts: The Audubon Society’s “Birds and Climate Change Report” which projects that, by 2080, climate change will affect the range of habitat of over half of North American birds; and Phillip K. Dick’s 1968 novel, “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” where electric versions of once-commonplace animals are so realistic that they fool even veterinarians. Divergence of Birds addresses the prospect that, one day, only simulacra of climate-impacted animals will be left. Combining the documentary style of my previous climate project, The Witness Tree, with my earlier narrative fictional approach, I’m photographing paper cutouts (from appropriated online photos) of the nearly 400 climate-threatened birds. I place the cutouts within the birds’ current habitats so that they look real, but upon inspection, reveal themselves to be photos within photos—the gaze within the gaze upon nature—as actual birds recede into marginal zones of survival. The images disrupt the casual gaze, disarming expectations of nature photography leaving viewers disturbed and questioning. Audiences will then be invited, through interactive workshops, to participate in climate activism. The full project when completed will include over 400 photos representing the climate-threatened birds, video, soundscape, "memento mori" images in vintage photo cases...