Ari Salomon: Fine Art Photography

Ari Salomon Fine Art Photography

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October 22, 2022

6 Feet Apart

Most recent exhibitions: @Birdhouse Gallery, @Pingyao

Statement

This typology investigates the ubiquitous ground markers directing people standing in line to keep 6 feet apart to prevent the spread of COVID-19. These markers are often just a single piece of tape adhered to concrete and distressed from months of being stepped on.

This photographic method of collecting, sorting, and classifying is a reflection on the scientific processes employed to fight the pandemic. These analytical processes are visualized in grids, bar graphs, and other references to visual methods of displaying quantitative information.

The recurring theme of repetition also reflects the tedious nature of many of the life changes we have had to endure. Within these groupings, fresh insights emerge. The subtle differences reveal beautiful variations as the eye tunes into this minimal landscape.

Using a detached, documentary style offers an opportunity for viewers to reflect on the quiet moments as well as the irony of working together by staying apart.

Zine

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Installation Videos

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Images

Here are just a few single images and groupings, see the videos for a better understanding of how these images are presented as installations.

 

6 Feet Apart #5777
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6 Feet Apart #6758

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6 Feet Apart #0599
6 Feet Apart #0579

6 Feet Apart #3054
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6 Feet Apart #41

6 Feet Apart #4787
6 Feet Apart #4801
6 Feet Apart #4096

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Installation Images

Pingyao International Photography Festival (2025)
Pingyao International Photography Festival (2025)
Installation at Marin Art and Garden Center (2024)
Installation at Marin Art and Garden Center (2024)
Grey Loft Gallery, 2024
Installation at Transmission Gallery, SF, 2023
Installation at Transmission Gallery, SF, 2023
Installation at Transmission Gallery, SF, 2023
Installation at Minnesota Street Project, SF, 2022
Installation at Sanchez Art Center 2a023
Installation at Sanchez Art Center, 2023
Installation at Head On Photo Festival (Sydney) 2023
Installation at Head On Photo Festival (Sydney) 2023
Installation at Head On Photo Festival (Sydney) 2023
Installation at Head On Photo Festival (Sydney) 2023

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Exhibitions

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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)

6 Feet Apart

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

Recent Exhibitions

  • Burn Line at Nohga Hotel Kyoto — KG+ / GOJO+ Award
  • Luminous at KG+ Kyoto, with Samurai Foto
  • A Measure of Uncertainty at Harvey Milk Photo Center
  • Change at the Magnes Collection
  • Pingyao International Photography Festival

Recent Press

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

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

    4/18 – 5/17, 2026, Solo Exhibition

  • Luminous at KG+ Kyoto, with Samurai Foto

    4/21 – 5/3, 2026

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Essential Essential
6 Feet Apart #6feetapartarisalomon #accidentalart 6 Feet Apart

#6feetapartarisalomon
#accidentalart #covidart #FinlandCovid
You are witnessing a quintessential Finnish univer You are witnessing a quintessential Finnish university tradition: student orientation and “appro” events.
Early September marks the start of the academic year at Tampere University and TAMK (Tampere University of Applied Sciences). You are seeing thousands of new and returning students participating in orientation week activities and citywide orientation rallies (fuksi suunnistus).
What to Know About the Tradition
 * The Colorful Overalls (Haalarit): The boiler suits or overalls are the official uniform of Finnish university students. The color indicates their field of study—for example, red for medicine, dark blue for computer science, yellow for psychology, or white for business.
 * The Fabric Patches: Students customize their overalls over their entire academic career by sewing on embroidered patches collected from events, student guilds, and parties.
 * The “Treasure Hunt”: The small groups you see navigating the city with maps or phones are participating in an orientation checkpoint rally. Groups complete funny challenges, trivia, or team-building games at stations hosted by older students across parks and public squares to earn points and collectible patches.
Walking through @backlight_fi in Tampere, Finland Walking through @backlight_fi in Tampere, Finland 🇫🇮 — one of the Nordic region’s longest-running photography festivals (since 1987). A little tour, artist by artist.

Grateful to have connected with @tasumaniemi (Executive Director, Nykyaika/Backlight), Liisa Mäkinen (festival producer), and artist-curator Anna Ruth of @akkigalleria — whose “Art without Transportation” project is producing one of the installations

Incredible work on view from @angelo_katerina  @jo_duck  @davidellingsenphoto @joelr.jj @lecercle @andreduane @rafael.roncato @areyoushure_ @timowright @sheungyiuphoto @aminyosefi  and Jakob Ganslmeier (@jakob_ganslmeier ) of Ganslmeier & Zibelnik.

backlight.fi

#Backlight2026 #Tampere #PhotoFestival #FineArtPhotography #DocumentaryPhotography
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma Nykytaiteen muse Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma Nykytaiteen museo Kiasma @kiasmamuseum  so great to see Finnish artists and Sami artists and other “ friends “
@batrayz amazing exhibition of red, white and blu @batrayz  amazing exhibition of red, white and blue frozen unfree sea life. There’s a lot happening just under the surface @small.works.sf 

The Gallery is upstairs from the beautiful framing shop and I don’t know how long the exhibition will be up for, but it just opened tonight so contact them and go check it out
Announcing! I will have a new project for this exh Announcing! I will have a new project for this exhibition in January 

Shifting Worlds: A Photography Exchange

January 9 – March 28, 2027
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek @bedfordgallery 

移りゆく世界

Shifting Worlds brings together artists from the Bay Area Photographers Collective @bapcsf and Samurai Foto @samurai.foto from Japan in a dialogue about movement and impermanence. Across geographies, these photographers attend to a world in constant transition, where light shifts, environments evolve, and change is the only constant. Curated by @artalatrinca
Two wonderful solo shows @500cappstreet by @andy_ Two wonderful solo shows @500cappstreet  by @andy_vogt_studio who saved a discarded door from the house and brought it to life on the deck. And @amyclairet who brings beauty from distressed and discarded objects in a poetic way. Best show of the year.
Great show ending today - congratulations @ishancl Great show ending today - congratulations @ishanclemenco for finding the pieces and putting them together
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