AUTO/FOCUS
June 2 - July 15 in the Sidedoor Gallery
The Photographs of Henry Horenstein and Tania Nelson
Henry Horenstein has been a professional photographer, filmmaker, teacher, and author since the 1970’s. He has published over 35 books, including several monographs of his own work such as Honky Tonk, Histories, Show, Animalia, Humans, Racing Days, Close Relations, and many others. He has also authored a number of texts books, including Black & White Photography, Digital Photography, and Beyond Basic Photography, used by hundreds of thousands of college, university, high-school, and art school students as their introduction to photography. His latest monograph, Speedway 1972 was published by Stanley/Barker (UK) in 2022. Horenstein is a professor of photography at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and lives in Boston.
With an eye for observing the social dynamics around her, Tania Nelson uses mixed-media collage and street photography as her commentary on issues of personal identity, consumer culture, politics, historical narratives and many other current points of division and unity. Tania was born and raised in Wausau, Wisconsin. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay in 1999. She studied in the interdisciplinary Social Change and Development program, with an emphasis in American Social Issues. She is self-taught in the world of art and took it up as a profession after a nearly 20-year career in the banking industry.