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October 22, 2022

6 Feet Apart: Installations

Installation at Pingyao International Photography Festival, 2025

Pingyao, China, 2025



Opening day tour: includes walking through the building (5:03)

Detailed tour of installation

Installation at Birdhouse Gallery, 2025

Birdhouse Gallery, SF 2025


Installation at Memento Mori | Memento Vivere, Marin Art and Garden Center, 2024

Marin Art and Garden Center, 2024


Pink, Grey Loft Gallery, 2024


Installation at Articulate Project Space as part of the Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, AU, 2023

Head on Photo Festival, Sydney, 2023

Installation at Head On Photo Festival (Sydney) 2023

Installation at Transmission Gallery, 2023



 

 

Installation at Sanchez Art Center, 2023



 

Installation at Minnesota Street Project, 2022

 



 

     

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    • Solo Exhibitions:
      • 6 Feet Apart, Birdhouse Gallery, SF, 2025
      • Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, AU, 2023
      • 6 Feet Apart, Transmission Gallery, SF, 2023
    • Group Exhibitions:
      • Where Time’s Echoes Repeat at the Pingyao International Photography Festival (winner of the “Phoenix of Pingyao”)
      • Center for Photographic Art Juried Exhibition (Juror: Allie Haeusslein)
      • Memento Mori | Memento Vivere, Marin Art and Garden Center
      • Articulate Turns 13, Sydney, AU
      • Fraction Magazine (online)
      • 50|50, Sanchez Art Center
      • Lenscratch feature: 6 Feet Apart
      • The New World, Minnesota Street Project (Curated by Sandra Phillips)

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    Ari Salomon is a fine art photographer working in San Francisco.

    Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

    • Burn Line at Nohga Hotel Kyoto — KG+ / GOJO+ Award

      April 18–May 17, 2026 Open everyday, 11am-5pm

    • Luminous at KG+ Kyoto, with Samurai Foto

      4/21–5/3, 12–7pm (Opening: 4/22, 5-7pm)

    Recent Exhibitions

    • A Measure of Uncertainty at Harvey Milk Photo Center
    • Change at the Magnes Collection
    • Pingyao International Photography Festival
    • SF Photobook Fair
    • Ephemeral Earth at Alameda Photo Festival

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    • Burn Line featured in Forbes and J
    • “Lasting Evidence”: featured in Professional Photographer magazine
    • Float Magazine Instagram Takeover
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    Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

    • Burn Line at Nohga Hotel Kyoto — KG+ / GOJO+ Award

      April 18–May 17, 2026 Open everyday, 11am-5pm

    • Luminous at KG+ Kyoto, with Samurai Foto

      4/21–5/3, 12–7pm (Opening: 4/22, 5-7pm)

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    Opening reception tour - “luminance” Kyotographie Opening reception tour - “luminance”
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@rusty.weston @genedominiquephotography  @hmbowles989
    This is such a great exhibition and well worth the This is such a great exhibition and well worth the short trip slightly out of the center of town so check it out. There’s two artists, including the amazing Tamaki, who has been such an inspiration for me in how she has perfected the art of  photographic installation. Here is an image showing the blackbear photos hidden in a nest of distressed wood. It’s a little hard to capture it in a photograph, but I really enjoyed it and the book and interactive elements were also very beautiful. In the show upstairs is a lovingly rendered meditation on Alzheimer’s and long-term care. Curated by the amazing community builder @yumigoto @remindersphotographystronghold 

Exhibition S05

𠮷田多麻希、松村和彦
Tamaki Yoshida, Kazuhiko Matsumura
Threshold: Images in Flux
“Threshold: Images in Flux” presents a dialogue in artistic expression between Tamaki Yoshida and Kazuhiko Matsumura, each exploring distinct realms through their work. Yoshida’s gaze lingers on the borders between wild animals and human society, attending to traces and fragments found in the liminal space between life and death. Matsumura, on the other hand, explores not only dementia itself but also the histories of families and individuals affected by it, the relationships and connections that emerge from these experiences, and is currently continuing his fieldwork on end-of-life care.
    Federico Estol @federicoestol exhibition here in K Federico Estol @federicoestol exhibition here in Kyoto. Here’s a brief video tour that shows 2/3 of the show, the upstairs was not available at the time. I just love the show so much. It has a deep cultural relevance, combined with a lust for life. Also a scrappiness, making a (premium) lemonade out of what some people might think of as lemons.
    Tour of KG+ headquarters @kgplus @kyotographie Tour of KG+ headquarters @kgplus @kyotographie
    Today is the first day of my exhibition 📍 “Burn L Today is the first day of my exhibition

📍 “Burn Line” | Nohga Hotel Kiyomizu Kyoto
🔥 KG+ / GOJO+ Award Exhibition
Find it downstairs [B1F] in the Meditation Room (#29 on the map). Ends May 17th. Open daily 11-5. 
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    Tour of hotel lobby. My exhibition is downstairs i Tour of hotel lobby. My exhibition is downstairs in the basement. I have a video and one Pyrotype here.  @gojo_plus @kgplus
    I’m grateful to my amazing team of carpenters who I’m grateful to my amazing team of carpenters who took my very rough plans and turned it into a reality, on time and on budget. They also agreed to a brief “topping out” ceremony, which was highlight of my installation day today.

A topping out ceremony is a long-standing European and North American construction tradition that marks the moment when a building reaches its highest structural point. Typically held when the final beam is set in place, it is a way to recognize the collective effort of the builders and to celebrate a major milestone in the construction process. The ceremony often includes raising a small tree or branch to the top of the structure, symbolizing growth, continuity, and respect for the natural materials used in building.

In this case, the ceremony includes a special cedar branch brought from Altadena, California—an area that has experienced significant wildfires in recent years. Some of my photographs are drawn from that landscape, shaped by the presence and aftermath of fire. The branch carries both personal and environmental meaning, connecting this new structure to a place marked by loss, resilience, and transformation. By incorporating it into the topping out ritual, the gesture extends the tradition—linking the act of building with memory, distance, and the evolving relationship between landscape and home.

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上棟式(トッピングアウト・セレモニー)は、ヨーロッパや北米における建築の伝統的な儀式で、建物が構造的に最も高い地点に達したことを祝うものです。通常、最後の梁が設置される際に行われ、建設に関わる人々の協力と努力を称え、この重要な節目を祝います。この儀式では、小さな木や枝を建物の頂部に掲げることが多く、それは成長や継続性、そして建築に用いられる自然素材への敬意を象徴しています。

今回の式では、アメリカ・カリフォルニア州アルタデナから持参した特別な杉の枝を用います。この地域は近年、大きな山火事を経験しており、私の写真作品の一部もその風景や火災の痕跡から生まれています。この枝は個人的かつ環境的な意味を持ち、喪失や再生、変化の記憶が刻まれた土地と、この新しい建物とを結びつけます。この枝を儀式に取り入れることで、建築という行為に、記憶や距離、そして風景と住まいの関係性を重ね合わせたいと考えています。
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    Behind the scenes preview #FollowTheBurn Burn Li Behind the scenes preview

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Burn Line — #29

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    I’m back in Japan for my fourth Kyotographie photo I’m back in Japan for my fourth Kyotographie photo festival, and it feels more meaningful than ever.
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      • opens 4/18 📷Burn Line @ KG+ Kyoto