Collaborations with an Accidental Lagoon - John Ryan Brubaker

Written By Susan Patrice
 
 
 
 

Collaborations with an Accidental Lagoon

John Ryan Brubaker

These small cyanotypes were made with the help of ocean waves, on the shore of a lagoon, beside the Cretan Sea, behind a site of industrial abandon on the North shore of the city of Iraklio.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

John Ryan Brubaker (he/him) is a visual artist based in West Virginia. He is interested in the peripheries of the photographic process, experimenting with everything from presentation and distribution models to the chemical make up of photographic paper.  Often utilizing hybrid forms of photographic media, he builds collections of visual records from his environment, at times using river water, found coal or rainfall to make prints, books and installations.  He has exhibited throughout the US and Europe, including at the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, the Juliet Museum, the Hirshhorn, Harlan Levey Projects and many others. He has been published by the Virginia Quarterly Review, Ampersand Editions, the Fotomuseum of Antwerp and others.  

@jrbrubaker



 
Susan Patrice

As the founder and director of Makers Circle, Susan Patrice designs and implements arts-informed community initiatives in partnership with non-arts organizations who want to expand their reach and impact through innovative cross-sector collaboration. Makers Circle has a deep passion for the power of the creative process to encourage adaptive change, expand awareness, and open up new ways of seeing and relating. We believe that the arts and artists should play a major role in community regeneration and non-profit advancement. Web design and digital storytelling are foundational to the work we do with non-profits.

https://kinship.photography/
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