"Compared to other processes like painting and drawing, photography is still in its infancy and is constantly evolving. As the accessibility of photography has grown, artists have embraced it for documentation, storytelling, experimentation, and marketing. Today, photography is instant and ubiquitous, which makes its artistic possibilities more expansive and relevant than ever."
""Sight Unseen: How Photography Shapes Perception" explores the practices of a broad range of artists who engage with new image-making technologies, alternative processes, and pushing the boundaries of the medium into the spheres of sculpture and time-based modes of art making."
"Photography captures moments, gestures, and traces of life that resonate deeply with viewers. As a physical object, a photograph carries the marks of its making, from paper choice to process, inviting collectors to connect not only with the image itself, but with the story."
The Affordable Art Fair New York spring edition (March 18-22, 2026) at the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea showcases artworks priced between $100 and $12,000 from local, national, and international exhibitors. A special curated exhibition titled "Sight Unseen: How Photography Shapes Perception" examines photography's dynamic evolution through new image-making technologies and alternative processes. Co-curated by Sherri Nienass Littlefield, Galina Kurlat, and Parsley Steinweiss, the exhibition challenges preconceived notions about photography's capabilities and future possibilities. The curators emphasize that photography remains in its infancy compared to traditional mediums, with growing accessibility enabling artists to use it for documentation, storytelling, experimentation, and marketing. Contemporary photography functions simultaneously as both object and image, creating innovative ways of engaging with art.
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