George Eastman Museum | Rochester, New York
On November 17, 2022, I gave an artist talk at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York on my Abandoned Moments photobook, which contains photographs shot from the hip in a unique style of photography that I have developed over the years. It was a pleasure and an honor to be at the Museum, which contains one of the oldest film archives in the world.
You can watch the full lecture above.
If the decisive moment reflects reality in tune with the photographer’s intuition, flawlessly combining composition and timing, then the abandoned moment is the consequence of a fractional instant of surrender. This collection, made over a 40-year period by renowned photographer Ed Kashi, reveals imprecise glimpses of transitory events filled with frenetic energy - the chaos of everyday life. Embodying photography’s intrinsic power, they preserve moments that can never occur again in exactly the same time and space.
When geometry, mood, and possibility unite to unintentionally create something new, the magical and fictional qualities of still photography capture the unplanned essence of existence. In contrast to his journalistic approach of deep personal connection and keen observation, this work is about capturing the untamed energy of a moment with abandon.
Find the Photo Essay here.
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© 2021 Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, Ed Kashi and Alison Nordström
Project Management: Kehrer Verlag (Sylvia Ballhause, Teresa Halbreiter)
Texts: Alison Nordström, Ed Kashi
Copy Editing: Brenda Bingham, Jennifer Larsen, Marjorie Steffe, Mallika Vora
Proofreading: Tom Grace
Design: Michael Curry, Mallika Vora in collaboration with Kehrer Design (Nick Antonich)
Scans, Retouching: Michael Curry
Image Processing: Kehrer Design (René Henoch)
Production Management: Kehrer Design (Tom Streicher)
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Hardcover
ca. 30x24cm
ca. 136 pages
ca. 42 color + 26 b/w ills.
November 2021
Kehrer Verlag
BOOK VIDEO TRAILER, edited by Stephanie Khoury
PRESS
- All About Photo: "A Love Letter to Photography"
- P3: “Ed Kashi Wrote a Love Letter to Photography”
- L’Oeil de la Photographie: “Kehrer Verlag : Ed Kashi : Abandoned Moments : A Love Letter to Photography”
- Glltn: “Ed Kashi: Abandoned Moments”
- PhotoBook Journal: “Ed Kashi – Abandoned Moments. A Love Letter to Photography”
- Haaretz: “A love letter to the human experience”
- Amateur Photographer: “Ed Kashi: 40 Years of Abandoned Moments”
- Analog Forever: “Interview: Ed Kashi - Abandoned Moments"
- L’Oeil de la Photographie: “Kehrer Verlag : Ed Kashi : Abandoned Moments”
-Frames Magazine: “When the Moment Occurs: Review of Abandoned Moments: A Love Letter to Photography by Ed Kashi”
- NPPA: “Collection spotlights photojournalist Ed Kashi’s ‘spontaneous ‘uncomposition’”
- Yield Magazine: “Interview with Ed Kashi”
- Frames Magazine: “When the Moment Occurs – Review of “Abandoned Moments: A Love Letter to Photography” by Ed Kashi
- Fraction Magazine: “Ed Kashi’s Abandoned Moments”
INTERVIEWS
- Photography Daily: “Photowalk: A Love Letter to Photography”
AWARDS
- International Photography Awards Winner (2022)
- London International Creative Competition Finalist (2022)
- American Photography Annual Winner (2022)
- Communication Arts Photography Book Award (2022)
- Prix de la Photographie Book Award — Gold (2022)
- Lucie Photo Book Awards Finalist (2021)
EXHIBITIONS
- Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair, NJ, USA (April 2024)
- Monroe Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe, NM, USA (March 2022)
- Dallas Center for Photography, Dallas, TX, USA (August 2022)
- Visa Pour L’image Festival, Perpignan, France (August 2022)
- Galeria do Paço UMinho (October 2022)