Since the 1960s, Gowin has made portraits of stunning openness, recorded scenes of environmental devastation, and explored the marvels of biodiversity. His concern, he says, is about showing how we belong to the earth.
Joel Smith on curating Hidden Likeness, a show of Emmet Gowin’s photographs paired with selections made from the Morgan Library and Museum’s vast holdings.
Photographer Emmet Gowin speaks at Aperture Gallery on the occasion of his new, self-titled publication.
Aperture’s issue on craft features photographers who make pictures the slow way—building camera obscuras, creating photograms, and laboring in traditional darkrooms to make handmade, unrepeatable forms.