Danziger Gallery in association with Headstone Gallery in Kingston, New York is pleased to share images from the solo exhibition, “In The Secret Distance” by Olivia Bee. The show runs in Kingston through Labor Day.
Concentrating on recent work the show features photographs from Bee’s life as a farmer in Oregon, documenting details of both the cycle of nature and the cycle of life as Bee records moments with her newborn son along with self-portraits, images of nature, and farm life.
Bee, a celebrated prodigy of photography beginning at the age of 15 - published her first collection of photographs with Aperture titled “Kids in Love” ten years ago. It captured a free style of living with images of young people (including her) kissing and dancing, and living life to the fullest. Now in her thirties and a mother with a farm, she is both witness and steward to a life of marriage, child rearing, and farming.
Bee’s new photographs unfold between portraiture, still life, and nature with an effortless style and a truth that suggests that the experiences before and after each shot are not as distant as is sometimes suggested. The title, “In The Secret Distance”, references a new perspective, while exploring what the camera itself ushers in. Bee’s early career has now become ground for a nonlinear narrative depicting both the power of nature and the power of love.
To see a selection of Bee’s earlier work click here.
Olivia Bee is now a sought after photographer and director. When she is not traveling the globe for her work, she stewards sixty acres of farmland with her husband and their six month old daughter in the Umpqua Valley of Western Oregon. Her work was shown at Aperture Foundation as well as a solo show at Agnes b in New York City and at group shows and art fairs with Danziger Gallery, at the D Museum in Seoul, and at Van Cleef & Arpels in Kyoto and Paris. She was highlighted in the directories of PDN 30 Under 30, and Forbes 30 Under 30.