DAVID YARROW | STORYTELLING

OPENING NIGHT: 18 November 2022 • 5:00 - 8:00 pm
Show runs thru: 03 JUNE 2023

HILTON | ASMUS CONTEMPORARY - RIVER NORTH LOCATION
716 N. WELLS, CHICAGO

HILTON | ASMUS CONTEMPORARY - BRIDGEPORT LOCATION
3622 S. MORGAN, CHICAGO

British fine art photographer, conservationist, author & humanitarian, David Yarrow has traveled to remote parts of the world to capture images of wildlife, indigenous communities, landscapes and urbanscapes. His distinctive, evocative and immersive images of life on earth has revolutionized photography.

DAVID YARROW

STORYTELLING

“I am a storyteller.  My journey has taken me away from taking pictures and towards making pictures.  I have enjoyed the more literal side of photography, but it is not where I am right now.  I think if a picture tells a story or suggests a story, it can emotionally engage the viewer for longer period of time than an action image – whether that images was taken on a sports field or the Serengeti.  Photography is all about edition and if there is a potential to take control for those variables that tug on emotion, I will grab that chance.”

From his ability to translate narratives and capture moments in time, STORYTELLING showcases a glimpse into Yarrow’s unique chronicle of work.  Inspired by legendary directors Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Client Eastwood, this series features supermodels such as Cindy Crawford, Cara Delevingne, Josie Canseco, Alessandra Ambrosio along with many others playfully posing with wolves, Tamaskan dogs, lions, cheetahs and other wild and sentient beings.

“A constant challenge in my work is how to capture the soul of a subject while conveying a sense of place. It is a complex alchemy.  What I also aim to create are images that people want to spend a long time in front of. If you go to see Rembrandt’s Night Watch you can easily look at it for half an hour. That’s what I want to achieve.”

In another direction, Yarrow collaborated with golfing legend Gary Player on a photoshoot at St Andrew’s, to pay homage to 150 Years of The Open Championship, while his Wild West photographs chronicle the history of America through its westward expansion, paying homage to cowboys and native Americans as they take center stage in his lens.

From Africa to Asia, the Arctic and Antarctic, Europe to the western territories of America, David Yarrow has written a visual narrative of people, places, animals and humans in a context of history – created or recounted – past and present, as a tribute to the joy of life in a fresh, unique and extraordinary way.

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