This is Part 2 of 13. In this series, each post will focus on one of the artists being shown during Migration: A Gallery’s Photography Invitational, We All Live in Bordertowns. The exhibit opens November 16 and runs through the end of December.
This past Spring, we were indirectly introduced to Brian Kosoff’s photographs by a good client of ours. This came soon after I had seen the starkly minimal seascape photos of Hiroshi Sugimoto at the Hirshhorn Museum. With the Sugimoto images still fresh in my mind, I was immediately touched by Brian’s quiet yet stunning landscape photos. 
In a Brian Kosoff landscape, the scene is not only serene, but it also appears, somehow, perfect and untouched. Brian captures mountains, clouds, sunlight, and water as pure forms creating simple graphic designs. Then he renders his images with a romantic and sometimes mystical feeling through interpretation in his darkroom printing process. Often his luminous prints are described as having a painterly feel.
I have found myself drawn towards minimal art more and more over the last couple of years. In that time, what I have found is that capturing complex moods or a set of deep rooted feelings in a minimal piece is exceptionally difficult for an artist to accomplish. A simple line, object or color, when done right, can evoke some very deep emotions. Brian’s photos do this. Although his subject may only be birds sitting on a telephone wire against a plain white sky, or a group of pier pilings reflected off glass-smooth yet fog shrouded water, he taps into my wish for order and calm.
Brian graciously accepted our invitation to our exhibit. We currently do not represent Brian... but maybe soon. See more of Brian's work here.
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