June 27th to August 2nd, with an opening reception on Saturday, June 27th from to 6 to 8 pm.

Bill Jacobson: Figure, Water, Land. 1989 – 2009

Bill Jacobson: Figure, Water, Land. 1989 – 2009 opens with a reception for the photographer on Saturday, June 27th from to 6 to 8 pm and runs through August 2nd. This selection of photographs on view date from the end of the 1980s to the present and reflect Jacobson’s enduring attachment to the theme of temporality in human experience. Using a diffusing lens to obscure the specificity of his subjects, he addresses an emotional, even spiritual experience of vision, gracefully disposing of the objective, documentary uses of photography in favor of subjective experience. Jacobson’s soft-focus images present a moment in time but vividly allude to the transitory quality of the moment, invoking an experience that heightens one’s sense of the temporal while embracing the possibility of its transcendence.  A sense of stillness and contemplativeness prevails. As subjects ranging from the figure to landscapes, painting to waterscapes melt before his lens, Jacobson presents sensual moments of great delicacy and introspection.

Concurrently, John McWhinnie & Glenn Horowitz Bookseller at 36 Newtown Lane, East Hampton will present Bill Jacobson: Diana Pictures, an exhibition featuring a selection of vintage photos from the mid 70s made with a Diana camera. Jacobson used the popular and inexpensive camera to make moody black-and-white images draped in a rich tonality of shadow.

Born in Norwich, CT, Bill Jacobson earned his BFA at Brown University and his MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute (1981). His work has been widely exhibited throughout the U.S. and internationally. His photos are included in the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among other major institutions and have appeared in numerous publications, including the monographs Bill Jacobson, 1989 – 1997 (Twin Palms, 1997) and Bill Jacobson: Photographs (Hatje Cantz, 2006). He lives and works in New York City.