In Photographing Ina, Philip Trager, a black-and-white lover, embraces color for the first time. His images are as much about the act of photographing, perception, color and light, as they are about his subject, his wife Ina, whose presence is a constant and unifying motif.
Trager photographed his wife on only two occasions. This exhibition comprises images from these contrasting bodies of work: black-and-white photographs made after 25 years together; and color photographs made between 2006 and 2011, after 50 years together. These intimate, openly theatrical images, made in concentrated sessions rather than as an ongoing diary, embody an enduring love and shared passion for art. Photographing Ina is also a collection of these photographs published in a book by Steidl in 2016.
Philip Trager, Ina
March 24, 2017 – April 29, 2017
ilon Art Gallery
204 West 123rd Street
Harlem, NY 10027
USA
