10.1.12 Bradford Robotham

“Day & Night” is an ongoing series examining the ephemeral landscape of New York City. The diptychs feature the same site at different hours of the day. Linked by location, the light variances and spatial experience in these photographs illustrate the limitations of the single image to depict the passage of time. “Day & Night” reveals how a specific site changes by the presence or absence of people and movement at disparate moments. Architectural and atmospheric patterns are heightened by the textural contrasts captured by the camera. Although the two frames show distinct events, the missing moments between images question our perceptions of time and place.

Bradford Robotham received his BFA in Photography from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He worked as a studio manager for John Coplans from 1996 to 2003 and assisted the photographer with several acclaimed projects. He is currently engaged in several projects, focusing on themes of beauty, commerce, isolation, abstraction and mass culture. “Day & Night” demonstrates Robotham’s continued interest in time, light and space. Robotham was recently included in “NY Temporary: The City Through Photography, Film and Video,” Center of Photography and the Moving Image, NY, 2011. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Robotham currently resides and works in Brooklyn.

Artist website: bradfordrobotham.com