Holden Luntz Gallery - 03.04.2025

Adam Fuss: Flowers

British photographer Adam Fuss’ works are not conventional photographs, yet they are photographic. Using the earliest camera-less techniques such as photograms in which objects are placed directly on light sensitive material then exposed to light, Fuss encourages the viewer to think more broadly about the medium and its possibilities. Photograms, invented by William Henry Fox Talbot in the 1830s and later popularized by artists such as Man Ray and Moholy-Nagy, have significant historical precedents, but Fuss’ unusual subject matter imbues his contemporary renditions with a deep psychological intensity. Some of his most well-known body of work includes images of christening gowns, rabbits, snakes and babies. His contemporary, evocative and ethereal interpretations of the technique explore the complexity, mystery and transience of life.