Brandon Neubauer  

Carnegie Circle 30” x 20”  Lightjet Print Courtesy of the Artist	Polar Grids 20” x 30”  Lightjet Print Courtesy of the Artist

High Power Line, Reflection,  2007, 20” x 30”  Lightjet Print, Courtesy of the Artist
Link to Artist Biography    Artist's Website

The work of artist Brandon Neubauer is inspired by both natural and industrial forms. After photographing his daily life, he takes this source material to the computer, the darkroom, and the cutting table. These fragmented images are then re-combined into imagined landscapes. Their fractured state questions the ‘truth’of straight photography, while their patterns and rhythmic geometry help ground the viewer in the psychology of seeing, associating, and remembering.

Brandon Neubauer studied at New York University, receiving a 2000 BFA in Film and Television. While working as a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer post-graduation, Neubauer began recording his daily experiences with a Yashica T4 point-and-shoot camera. He has shown his work in New York and abroad since 2002, most recently in “Repeat After Me,” a group show at Flux factory (Long Island City, NY) and “Fractured Landscapes,” an artist residency solo show at Life Bomb (Berlin, Germany). Neubauer lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Artist's Statement
These photographs compress an elaborate fifteen-second choreography into a single image.  Working with digitally produced slides, I strategically project image-fragments and simple geometric forms into the landscape.  During the exposure, I move through the frame with a white screen, creating a kinetic projection surface to capture and reflect parts of the projection as it travels through space.  This interaction references the process of printing a negative in the darkroom, where image manipulation and optical trickery are long-established practices.

These visions engage the viewer in the psychology of seeing, associating, and remembering as they act and interact to create meaning in a given environment.  The resulting photograph operates as a riddle, frustrating the viewer’s traditional orienting process, while activating more fundamental aspects of human perception.