The photographers that comprise this exhibition are all contemporary and respond to current social and cultural forces.  However, to quote a well-worn maxim,  “the more things change the more they stay the same.”  This is usually the case in terms of the human experience.  The central question we raised in selecting these photographs is – “how do we feel when we look at any of these pictures?”   “What part of your emotions or imagination do you access when you deal with images that suggest dreams, fears and desires and how do we respond?” 

This exhibition contains pictures that work in a variety of ways.  Sometimes our dreams, fears and desires are presented in a straight forward way.  This is the case in the work of Brandon Herman, Eric Ogden, John Dugdale, and Arthur Tress.  Often are dreams, fears and desires are symbolic and support a more complex reading.  Images and objects take on a more universal meaning.  This is true in the work of Zach Gold, Lynn Goldsmith, Misha Gordin and Florence Chevallier.  Other photographers in this show construct pictures that rely on visual metaphors and are poetic.  The photographers worlds’ are often more abstract and dense.  Consider the photographs of Bernard Faucon, Kerry Skarbakka, Gilbert Garcin and Cig Harvey.

Hopefully the photographs in this exhibition will touch, awaken and move the viewer in unpredictable ways.  Learning to acknowledge our dreams, fears and desires can result in our gaining greater insight into our worlds’ and ourselves. The ever-changing line between our everyday world and the worlds suggested in these images can expand our consciousness. Surrounding ourselves with these kinds of photographs can act as a beacon that helps us illuminate the breadth of the human spirit.  In our dreams, fears and desires we celebrate what it means to be truly alive.