About the Exhibition

“Photography,” says Luster, “is the greatest time machine invented. It shows us context, space, and those that love us and have loved us.”

In this retrospective exhibition, rhythmic patterns of form and color, disembodied shadows shifting across space and time, streams of light and saturated hues spilling through land and cityscapes, faces and places captured in dazzling color and in ethereal light, the photographs of Bill Luster both document and dematerialize the world, rendering specificity of subject with a poetic vision. The ever-blurring boundaries between photojournalism and photographic art are Luster’s rich domain: here, racing saddles resemble the repetitive forms of minimalism; the snaking lines of railroad tracks at dusk become a vision of neon lights, frozen in momentary stasis; fantastical cloud shapes, swaths of purple road, carpets of grass, an urban street shimmering gold in the glow of diffuse light illuminate a dream world.

 

Exhibited works

Altoona Railyards, 1992
Archival inkjet on paper

Blue and Brown Saddles, circa 1995
Archival inkjet on paper

David on Main and Bat, 2012
Archival inkjet on paper 

Days Before the Derby, 2002
Archival inkjet on paper 

Derby Hats, circa 2004
Archival inkjet on paper

Jeans on the Line, 1992
Archival inkjet on paper 

Ohio Amish Road, 1999
Archival inkjet on paper 

Saskatchewan Sky, 1992
Archival inkjet on paper 

Shadows at Derby, circa 2003
Archival inkjet on paper 

Woman in Glass, 2008
Archival inkjet on paper