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Brian Henry

Thr Photography of Brian Henry

Brian Henry, who resides in Baltimore, Maryland, is a self-taught experimental art photographer. He has traveled extensively up and down the east coast of the United States, as well as Europe, working on his photographic journal. His work documents architectual decay and the nature of fear, freedom and mortality. Henry uses the medium of photography and the placing self-portraits among the scenes to connect the viewer to the beauty of the forlorn locations.

Brian Henry uses analog processes, shooting Polarooid film and, in the darkroom, adding effects of distress and decay to compliment the subject. In some instances, he has used photographic paper and film found in abandoned buildings. Other times, Henry buried his images in decaying buildings for the effects produced. These techniques are used in his attempts to connect to a space and create memontos of irreplaceable time.

“There is something meaningful in creating something tangible within a space that will soon be destroyed, or with someone that will eventually be gone.” – Brian Henry

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Brian Henry

Brian Henry, “Zach Revisited”. Polaroid Film

Brian Henry is a self taught, experimental art photographer and explorer. His first camera came from money he earned blowing up balloons. While Brian Henry had won a few scholarships to attend art school, he chose to apply his money to his own unscripted, artistic journey. He has traveled up and down the East Coast of the U.S., as well as Europe and the Balkans.

“My work is an ongoing journal documenting architectural decay and my own mortality. I attempt to portray the beauty I see in these structures and occasionally include myself and others within them. Although photographs are made, a large part of my work is the adventure of exploring new territory and experiencing the unknown. It often involves traveling far and constant attention to my surroundings.

When I shoot Polaroid film, I consider it a unique souvenir of my experience. There’s something meaningful in creating something tangible within a space that will soon be destroyed. Other film mediums allow me to bend reality and add additional effects of distress and decay. In some instances, I have used photographic paper and film found in abandoned buildings. Other times, I have buried my images in decaying buildings for effects. It is all part of my attempts of connecting with a space.”

Brian Henry currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland where he co-owns a curiosity shop. His site is: http://www.instantdecay.com

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Brian Henry

Brian Henry, “Presence” (2018), Silver-Gelatin Print with Mordançage Emulsion Manipulation

Brian Henry is a self taught, experimental art photographer and explorer. His first camera came from money he earned blowing up balloons. While Brian Henry had won a few scholarships to attend art school, he chose to apply his money to his own unscripted, artistic journey. He has traveled up and down the East Coast of the U.S., as well as Europe and the Balkans.

“My work is an ongoing journal documenting architectural decay and my own mortality. I attempt to portray the beauty I see in these structures and occasionally include myself and others within them. Although photographs are made, a large part of my work is the adventure of exploring new territory and experiencing the unknown. It often involves traveling far and constant attention to my surroundings.” -Brian Henry