Artist Talk with Irina Rozovsky

Aperture and Rockefeller Center, in collaboration with Parsons School of Design and MACK, is pleased to present an artist talk with Irina Rozovsky as she discusses her project In Plain Air (2011­­–20), featured in the “New York” issue of Aperture magazine. For ten years, Rozovsky has been making lyrical portraits of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park—both of the landscape and its visitors—perfectly capturing the democratic nature of the space. From images of women fishing to family barbeques to young couples in the grass, In Plain Air is a lover letter to Prospect Park and all those who spend time there.

One year after New York City shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Aperture magazine released “New York,” an extraordinary issue honoring the city through photographs and essays by visionary artists and writers, reminding us of how much there is to discover, and relish, when New York comes roaring back. Coinciding with “New York” is a monthlong celebration of NYC at Rockefeller Center featuring a public photography exhibition, virtual talk series, pop-up store and gallery.

In Plain Air (MACK, 2021) by Irina Rozovsky is available for purchase here.

Irina Rozovsky (born in Moscow, 1981) recently published her third book, In Plain Air (2021). Her work has been exhibited in numerous international venues, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Philadelphia Museum of Art; and Museum of Modern Art’s Companion Pieces: New Photography 2020, New York. In 2021, she will participate in exhibitions at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark, and Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany. Rozovsky lives in Athens, Georgia, where she and her husband, Mark Steinmetz, run the photography space The Humid. She is currently an MFA thesis advisor for the photography program at the University of Hartford, Connecticut, and is represented by Claxton Projects, New York.

Programming for Aperture’s “New York” issue is made possible by and in collaboration with Rockefeller Center. Additional support for this program is provided by MPB.com.

Image: Irina Rozovsky, from In Plain Air, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 2011–20; Courtesy the artist and MACK