Brian Kosoff
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Brian Kosoff (born 1957) is a photographer from New York who has worked as both a commercial and fine arts photographer. While in his teens, Kosoff began capturing images of urban landscapes, a genre that is indicative of his later work.
In 2002 Kosoff left his commercial career to devote himself solely to the production of personal work; he subsequently had exhibitions throughout the United States. In addition to writing articles for magazines and newspapers, he has been interviewed and featured in a variety of publications[1] . Kosoff states, “While photography is inherently a two-dimensional medium, incorporating only height and width, I work to include two other dimensions: depth and time.”[2] A critic for the Dallas Morning News similarly noted that his images are “example[s] of two-dimensional work that operate with magic akin to the three-dimensional shimmer of rolling mercury.”[3]
Kosoff worked as an assistant for Irving Penn, famous for his fashion and still-life images, as well as other accomplished photographers, including Arnold Newman. The latter is widely known for his environmental portraiture.
Early life
Mr. Kosoff was born in New York City and spent his early years in Brooklyn. His uncle, an avid hobbyist, introduced him to photography when he was 15-years old. While in high school, he began an internship that allowed him to assist several Manhattan-based editorial and advertising photographers. During his subsequent studies at the School of Visual Arts, he continued to work as a photographer’s assistant and was encouraged to bring his portfolio to newspapers and galleries. This resulted in assignments for the Village Voice and the first solo exhibition of his photography at Third Eye Gallery.[4] The exhibition was noted on the “short list” in The New York Times for recommended shows. As a result, Kosoff left school to pursue photographic assignments, the first of which was for New York Magazine.[5] At age 21, his expanding career allowed him to open his own studio in Manhattan’s photo district.
Commercial career
Starting in the late seventies, Kosoff worked for magazines, corporate clients and advertising agencies. During this time, his work earned nearly three-dozen national awards, including Clio Awards. After a 25-year career in commercial work, Kosoff embarked on a very different path that he found more rewarding. In the late nineties he made a trip to Death Valley and Kosoff, enamored by the sand dunes and mountains of California, was intrigued by the peace and serenity they conveyed. He began attempting to capture in images both the landscapes he saw and the mood they invoked. That became his life’s work and, in 2002, Kosoff closed his commercial studio in Manhattan.
Fine art photography
Kosoff learned valuable skills while producing projects for commercial clients that carried over into his work photographing landscapes.[6] He began applying methodical precision to work he found moving on an emotional level. He uses early-morning light and a minimalist sensibility to document his travels in North America and Europe.
One writer, Joe Farace, spoke about Kosoff’s work in a 2012 edition of Shutterbug Magazine. He said the following: “With his pristine compositions Kosoff has created an idealized world that sometimes strays into the allegorical, as in his image of three telephone poles titled ‘Three Crosses’ that may generate internal debate within the viewer. And then it hit me: Kosoff is a poet with a camera, rendering stanzas in grayscale using the rhythm of minimalistic images of pier pilings (‘Pier Pilings with Bird’) where you have to work to see the bird. It’s as if Kosoff wants to make his work accessible while at the same time not too accessible, holding back part of an image’s mystery for discovery and interpretation by the viewer.”[7]
In a review in The Dallas Morning News, Patricia Mora stated, “Brian Kosoff’s images in his show at AfterImage Gallery crackle with the voluptuousness of jewelry. He gives us vision after vision of night skies and planetary rotations coupled with sailing vessels, churches, highways and Southwestern landscapes. Because he photographs at night, he calculates directions, angles, exposure times and weather with the precision of a sailor navigating with an astrolabe.” [3]
The latter review refers to Kosoff’s most recent work, landscape photography depicting night skies and images that include star trails and the contours of mountains, roads, telephone wire and train tracks.
Exhibitions
2013
AfterImage Gallery, Dallas,TX
Solo Exhibition
2009
AfterImage Gallery, Dallas,TX
Solo Exhibition
2008
Gallery 270, Westwood, NJ
Solo Exhibition
Iris Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Two Artist Exhibition
2007
Migration Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Group Exhibition "We all Live in Bordertowns"
Photographer's Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Solo Exhibition
Gallery 270, Westwood, NJ
Solo Exhibition
Indian Hill Gallery, Wells, VT
Solo Exhibition
Photographic Image Gallery, Portland, OR
Group Exhibition
2006
Photographic Image Gallery, Portland, OR
Group Exhibition, "The Black and White Photograph"
The Photography Room, Grand Rapids, MI
Group Exhibition, Director's Choice
June Bateman Gallery, NYC
Solo Exhibition
2005
June Bateman Gallery, NYC
Group Exhibition, "Objects of Desire"
2004
Photographic Image Gallery, Portland, OR
Group Exhibition, "Moore, Christopher, Kosoff"
2003
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Group Exhibition, "Leipzig, Plowden, Kosoff"
2002
AfterImage Gallery, Dallas, TX
Solo Exhibition
2001
Tatar Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Group Exhibition, "Terrain"
The Photography Room, Grand Rapids, MI
Solo Exhibition
Edward Carter Gallery, NYC
Group Exhibition, "Fire & Ice"
JJ Brookings Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibition, "In the Stillness of Time"
The Photography Room, Grand Rapids, MI
Group Exhibition, "Delicate Objects"
The Photography Room. Grand Rapids, MI
Group Exhibition, "Visions of Iceland"
Edward Carter Gallery, NYC
Solo Exhibition, "Horizons".
Edward Carter Gallery, NYC
Group Exhibition, "America the Beautiful"
Piermont Flywheel Gallery, NY
Solo Exhibition, "West of Here"
“Bones, the Unity of Form and Function”[8] Macmillan Publishing, 1994, all original photography by Brian Kosoff
References
- ^ Stavars, Martin (2012). "Brian Kosoff". ND Magazine. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Carol, David (Feb 2013). "Lone Pine Peak". Rangefinder Magazine: 138.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ a b Mora, Patricia (May 12, 2013). "Gallery Gourmet, Shows by Roger Winter, Martin Rico and Brian Kosoff". Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ UK B&W Magazine. 2011.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Black & White Magazine. 2002.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Bell, Ewen (2012). "How to Shoot Black and White Landscapes" (PDF). Digital Photography Magazine: 92–97. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ^ Farace, Joe (2012). "Celebrating Camera Day": 24. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Alexander, R. McNeill. "Bones, the Unity of Form and Function" (PDF). Retrieved 6 August 2013.
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- ^ http://www.kosoff.com.
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