Enari Gallery is pleased to present Earth Uprising, a solo exhibition of new work by David Benjamin Sherry. The work presented seeks to challenge and reinvigorate the tradition of American Western landscape photography by immersing the viewer in a realm of mysticism, abstraction, and human connection. Sherry uses a traditional, 8x10 film camera and focuses on threatened landscapes to produce his monumental photographs. By re-examining the history of Western photography through a queer lens, Sherry highlights beauty as his response to a largely unheeded ecological crisis, rather than with images of destruction. Through vivid imagery and color choice, the artist creates abstractions from these landscapes as a means to unmoor the viewer and make space for reflection on humanity’s inextricable interdependence with nature.
Light, composition, and color are at the forefront of his practice, producing works through an analog, monochrome printing process. This project is part of an ongoing investigation into the artist's own relationship with the natural world, the resulting works serving as a conduit for all of us, eloquently showcasing the beauty, exploitation, and identity politics intrinsic to Western Landscape photography.