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March 24, 2012

Motion Studies: Statement

In Motion Studies, I create abstract street photographs by using a slow shutter speed while intentionally moving the camera. Sometimes the movement comes from my surroundings—like being on a moving train—or from the subject itself. These images are typically captured at night, using available light sources, and are minimally manipulated in post-processing.

Through this technique, I explore the relationship between motion and time, graphically exposing the hidden rhythms and patterns of the material world. The camera’s movement traces my navigation through the environment, revealing something unseen. I am particularly interested in the balance between chaos and control: the unpredictability of a moving camera versus the precision gained through patient experimentation.

This series also investigates the qualities of light in motion: how a light source might flicker, vibrate, or intersect with others, and whether it reveals or obscures architectural shapes. By capturing these dynamic details, I aim to comment on the nature of perception. The work highlights elements that our eyes register but our brains typically filter out, offering an insight into how we experience light, movement, and the world around us. What else do we see that is not really there? Or what else is not seen?

I present the images as light boxes, where the high dynamic range and glow of the backlighting add a new layer to the work, enhancing the vivid and ephemeral quality of the movement.

Motion Studies Dissected
In this evolution of the series, I am “Dissecting” the images into smaller pieces to explore how they interact with themselves and bring to life a new kind of motion.

 

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カメラを持つ手を素早く振り動かすことで、Motion Studiesシリーズは作られています。ストリートフォトが主な被写体で、露出度やシャッタースピードを変化させています。私の手そのものは固定されつつ、走っている電車に乗りながら同様にシャッターを切る、という作品もあります。ほとんどが夜に様々な街の灯りを捉え、できるだけデジタル処理を避けて制作しています。数多くの写真を撮り、手のわずかな動きや露出の度合いを変えることでどのようなビジュアルストーリーが作り出されれるかを常に模索してしています。物質化社会に潜むリズムやパターン(=ムーブメントと時間)を、カメラのナビゲーションにより可視化しています。

 

実験を繰り返して得られた経験と、カメラを揺り動かす手の間に生まれるカオスからどのようにバランスを得るか、というのも毎回の課題です。自分の手の動きが光源そのものをつまびらかにもします:点滅する光源であるか、それとも振動する光か?物体の形を明らかにする光か、それともぼんやりさせるものか?また、私たちの脳ではフィルターされてしまう光の動きも、可視化することでヒトの知覚についても考えさせられます。

 

今回制作したシリーズでは、イメージを断片的に小さく切ることで、どのようにそれぞれのピースが関係を作り合い、どのような新しい命がここから生まれるかを実験しています。 

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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

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  • 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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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
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
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