Bruce Silverstein Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Brooklyn-based artist Brea Souders, titled Vistas.

Vistas is a series of hand-colored photographs that present disembodied shadows of human beings found in national parks throughout the American West. While researching Google Photo Sphere images of the parks, the artist observed that the algorithm removed people from its shared photos, seemingly for privacy reasons, but left behind their distorted and artifacted shadows. The shadows are shown just as the artist found them, the result of the west’s radiant sun and algorithmic interventions. The original photographs were made deep in nature, by individuals who trekked to areas where roads or trails don’t exist.

The exhibition features a large installation of hand-colored photographs, as well as several large-format, hand-colored works. In addition to the hand-colored pieces, a small selection of black-and-white images is shown, gathering together found shadows of hands holding phones in the Western landscape.

Concurrent with the opening of the exhibition, a monograph of Souders’ work spanning eleven years will be published and available by Saint Lucy Books. A book signing with the artist will take place before the opening reception on July 15th from 4-6pm. The reception will take place from 6-8pm. The gallery will be open to the public Monday-Friday, 10am-6pm, for the duration of the exhibition.