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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
6 Feet Apart #6845
6 Feet Apart #6758

6 Feet Apart #6744
6 Feet Apart #0599
6 Feet Apart #0579

6 Feet Apart #3054
6 Feet Apart #2982
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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West Oakland. A preview of “Through Line,” openi West Oakland. 

A preview of “Through Line,” opening at @bedfordgallery Bedford Gallery in January with @bapcsf - curated by @artalatrinca

This work began nearly ten years ago, with photographs made on train journeys. I've been returning to it recently, rethinking how it might exist beyond the photographs themselves.

For this exhibition, the panoramic images will be printed directly onto the gallery wall in horizontal strips, gradually taking shape over the course of the show.

I've been revisiting earlier projects and finding new ways to bring them into the present. It's been an interesting way to rethink the work and where it might go next.

#throughlineari #linearpanorama #trainphotography #bedfordgallery #muralinstallation
Oakland and Israel and Italy. A preview of “Thro Oakland and Israel and Italy. 

A preview of “Through Line,” opening at @bedfordgallery Bedford Gallery in January with @bapcsf - curated by @artalatrinca

This work began nearly ten years ago, with photographs made on train journeys. I've been returning to it recently, rethinking how it might exist beyond the photographs themselves.

For this exhibition, the panoramic images will be printed directly onto the gallery wall in horizontal strips, gradually taking shape over the course of the show.

I've been revisiting earlier projects and finding new ways to bring them into the present. It's been an interesting way to rethink the work and where it might go next.

#throughlineari #linearpanorama #trainphotography #bedfordgallery #muralinstallation
A preview of “Through Line,” opening at @bedfordga A preview of “Through Line,” opening at @bedfordgallery Bedford Gallery in January with @bapcsf - curated by @artalatrinca

This work began nearly ten years ago, with photographs made on train journeys. I've been returning to it recently, rethinking how it might exist beyond the photographs themselves.

For this exhibition, the panoramic images will be printed directly onto the gallery wall in horizontal strips, gradually taking shape over the course of the show.

I've been revisiting earlier projects and finding new ways to bring them into the present. It's been an interesting way to rethink the work and where it might go next.

#throughlineari #linearpanorama #trainphotography #bedfordgallery #muralinstallation
A preview of “Through Line,” opening at @bedfordga A preview of “Through Line,” opening at @bedfordgallery Bedford Gallery in January with @bapcsf - curated by @artalatrinca

This work began nearly ten years ago, with photographs made on train journeys. I've been returning to it recently, rethinking how it might exist beyond the photographs themselves.

For this exhibition, the panoramic images will be printed directly onto the gallery wall in horizontal strips, gradually taking shape over the course of the show.

I've been revisiting earlier projects and finding new ways to bring them into the present. It's been an interesting way to rethink the work and where it might go next.

#throughlineari #linearpanorama #trainphotography #bedfordgallery #muralinstallationskent
A mix of images from Italy and Israel. A preview o A mix of images from Italy and Israel. A preview of “Through Line,” opening at Bedford Gallery in January.

This work began nearly ten years ago, with photographs made on train journeys. I’ve been returning to it recently, rethinking how it might exist beyond the photographs themselves.

For this exhibition, the panoramic images will be printed directly onto the gallery wall in horizontal strips, gradually taking shape over the course of the show.

I’ve been revisiting earlier projects and finding new ways to bring them into the present. It’s been an interesting way to rethink the work and where it might go next.

#throughlineari #linearpanorama #trainphotography #bedfordgallery #muralinstallation
A preview of “Through Line,” opening at Bedford Ga A preview of “Through Line,” opening at Bedford Gallery in January.

This work began nearly ten years ago, with photographs made on train journeys. I’ve been returning to it recently, rethinking how it might exist beyond the photographs themselves.

For this exhibition, the panoramic images will be printed directly onto the gallery wall in horizontal strips, gradually taking shape over the course of the show.

I’ve been revisiting earlier projects and finding new ways to bring them into the present. It’s been an interesting way to rethink the work and where it might go next.

#throughlineari #linearpanorama #trainphotography #bedfordgallery #muralinstallation
Honorable Mentions: Aishah Balogun @aworanasa Ari Honorable Mentions:
Aishah Balogun @aworanasa
Ari Salomon @arisalomonart
Beatrice Thornton @beathornton Race Dillon @race.dillon - Juror’s Choice Award

Annette LeMay Burke @atelierlemay
Elina Frumerman @elina.frumerman
Conner Gordon @conner.gordon
Deena Qabazard @deenamachina
Sam Soon @samsoooooooon

The selected artists for FORECAST 2026 share an interest in the theoretical dimensions of photography: time, reality, and memory. Each artist brings these ideas into contemporary focus through formalist intervention, material investigation, and autobiography.

> jurors, Janet Delaney @janet_delaney, Omar Farah @omarjasonfarah, and Jonathan Mark Jackson @_jmjackson, thanks!
Join me for the FORECAST 2026 Opening Reception on Saturday, November 21, from 5–8 PM at SF Camerawork
A teaser for my upcoming show at Bedford Gallery t A teaser for my upcoming show at Bedford Gallery this January.

An iPhone, a moving train, and a panorama mode used wrong. THROUGH LINE is a mural printed onto the gallery wall strip by strip, so it keeps growing through the show. Hills repeat, foregrounds smear, diagonals break apart. It’s what travel looks like when the camera tries to keep up.

#throughlineari #linearpanorama #trainphotography #bedfordgallery #muralinstallation
A teaser for my upcoming show at Bedford Gallery t A teaser for my upcoming show at Bedford Gallery this January.

An iPhone, a moving train, and a panorama mode used wrong. THROUGH LINE is a mural printed onto the gallery wall strip by strip, so it keeps growing through the show. Hills repeat, foregrounds smear, diagonals break apart. It’s what travel looks like when the camera tries to keep up.

#throughlineari #linearpanorama #trainphotography #bedfordgallery #muralinstallation
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