jay mark johnson at galerie deschler, berlin

from ‘swept away’ series, belgrade (2008)

in his large-format photographs, american artist jay mark johnson (born 1955) presents sequences of movement. in a process developed by the artist himself, he employs a specially modified camera which records a narrow vertical plane in front of the camera lens. while the images retain a spatial dimension in their vertical axis, the horizontal axis is dedicated to a depiction of the passage of time. the camera thus produces an image flowing evenly from left to right. although the picture is created digitally, it is not digitally manipulated. in his new exhibition “swept away” johnson focuses on images created in belgrade in february 2008. the images were taken in freezing conditions with overcast winter skies from roadsides, from scenic overlooks and within a few local flea markets and junk markets, and depict prozessions of cars or trams as well as the lone figures of junk or scrap metal collectors and the like.

jay mark johnson was educated at the institute for architecture and urban studies and has worked as an assistant to peter eisenman, as well as for rem koolhaas and aldo rossi.

from ‘swept away’, belgrade (2008)

from ‘swept away’, belgrade (2008)