The Life of Small Things by Adam Ekberg

Issue 83

In calculated performances that intersect with photography’s documentary potential, I explore ephemeral occurrences. Making such humble events happen is alchemy of sorts, the transformation of the mundane into the poignant. Within the constructed images, I reposition specific celebratory iconography to create minor spectacles. My process requires detailed and elaborate production outside the photographic frame so that what appears within the frame implies simplicity and straightforwardness. It is important to me that these constructions actually exist in the world, if only for the moment in which the photograph is made.

Adam Ekberg lives and works in New Jersey. His first monograph The Life of Small Things was just published by Waltz Books.
To view more of Adam's work, please visit his website.