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Inspired by photographer Minor White, and with a love for rock and roll, he began photographing bands. The Grateful Dead and Eric Clapton are among musicians he passionately followed with his lens. His passion didn\u2019t die. Rather, it morphed into new territory as he explored the world with his camera. Trees and nature became his new subjects of interest. In a grad school project called, \u201cBlending and Separating,\u201d he noticed chaos in the world and what withstood the chaos. Cynde Puckett In Motion Staff Writer Photos of rock and roll bands, nature, gardens, heroes, Ireland and Christiana took audience members on a journey to understand how Chicago-based photographer, Brad Temkin, eventually began using photographs to document human impact on landscapes. His recent lecture in the Madorsky Theater, October 2, Continue reading Brad Temkin\u2019s Career Inspires Photographers<\/span>
\nTemkin said, \u201cThings were really chaotic. I was making order of things. At the moment when everything would blend together, things would separate. Which was, for me, a kind of way of affirming that I was important, that I was different than everything else, even though I blended so much.\u201d
\nIn time, people began to show up in his photographs again and \u201cplace\u201d became important to him. He was interested in how the places were affected by the people, in a poetic sort of way. Humor came through in how he organized space. During this part of his career he developed Non-Hodgkin\u2019s Lymphoma. This changed all his thinking.
\n\u201cI realized time continues and we don\u2019t. And I need to deal with myself going through this,\u201d said Temkin.
\nHis series titled, \u201cHeroes,\u201d paid homage to that time and showed the many hospital workers and patients who shared his struggle. Photos of Temkin\u2019s hospital stays are included in the series. He spoke about his belief in God and how important his faith was as he faced an unknown future.
\nOn how he chose the title for the collection of photos, Temkin said, \u201cEveryone going through it was a hero. They were brave \u2013 the nursing staff, the doctors.\u201d
\nTemkin described Ireland as a country with no sense of time, with time overlapping in layers. He enjoyed photographing there, because he said he looks for, \u201cthe moments between the moments.\u201d Ireland was rich with those instances.
\nIn his work, \u201cRooftop,\u201d Temkin used the city as backdrop and nature as foreground. He celebrated the integration and our need to integrate. Chicago\u2019s green initiative inspired him to look at how the city had been turning roofs into gardens. With work already established in photographing gardens, such as, \u201cPrivate Places,\u201d 2005 photos of private gardens in Chicago, he did not want to do the same work. He did not want to do \u201cBrad Temkin\u201d again. He delved into the philosophy of biophilia, a hypothesis that humans are bonded in some way to other living things. By juxtaposing nature and man-made, he brings some validity to this hypothesis with his stunning visuals.
\nTemkin said, \u201cIt\u2019s so wonderful! How we have built on nature and we\u2019ve built these cities on nature. And yet we need nature in order to survive. We need nature to exist. We love nature. And we bring it into our lives in all different ways.\u201d
\nPhotography student, Esther DeLeon, attended the lecture and said, \u201cI really liked the series at the hospital. I didn\u2019t know if he was going to make it or not. The flowers and nature \u2013 I liked the color. And I really liked how he started with music and then moved to nature, because I\u2019m doing the opposite, nature now music.\u201d
\nTemkin\u2019s work has also been exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas. It has been featured in publications such as: Aperture; Time magazine; and European Photography. \u201cSecond Nature\u201d will be on display in the Southeast Museum of Photography at Daytona State College until December 18. His second book, \u201cRooftop\u201d is set to release later in October. For more information about upcoming lectures, films and seminars, visit the Southeast Museum of Photography website:\u00a0www.smponline.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"