Casciano's images - which encompass a sense of the commonplace, but are also truly enigmatic - will be on view through April 1.
"Lighting Department" is among the photos in Joseph Casciano's exhibit "Illuminated," on view at the Easthampton City Arts + Gallery through April 1.
EASTHAMPTON - Photographer Joseph Casciano exhibits "Illuminated" in the Easthampton City Arts + Gallery through April 1.
In 2009, Casciano bought a pocket digital camera and carried it everywhere. "My process feels more like collecting and organizing than inspired creation. I am gathering evidence and doing fieldwork, not making art," he says.
Casciano's snapshots pull from influences of William Eggleston and Peter Fraser, finding importance in the unremarkable with color and sometimes, hard digital light. His subject matter captures a random quality of visual acquisition - in one image is light captured at a glance through parting trees and another is a multitude of lamps and hanging lights shining in unison on a showroom floor. These are images that encompass a sense of commonplace, however, also are truly enigmatic.
"The Sun Through the Trees" is among the photos in Joseph Casciano's exhibit "Illuminated," on view at the Easthampton City Arts + Gallery through April 1.
"My family photo albums have the kinds of images you might expect: vacations and day-trips, family gatherings, graduations and weddings; but I was always more intrigued by photographs that were not obviously commemorative. I loved the images at the margins, the accidental exposure taken as a new roll is loaded, the unremarkable corner of a living room, " he explains.
Through these moments of the mundane is a scrutiny of selection. Casciano's process includes an intensive editing process while maintaining an intuitive sensibility. Through choice, he produces an existential regard to the familiar.
Casciano attended the School of Visual Arts and graduated with a degree in cinema, photography and media arts. In 2011, his work was included in the exhibition Follow the River in Hosmer Gallery in the Forbes Library. He has experience as a freelance photographer and videographer and as a photography studio production manager. Casciano is an ECA+ artist and lives and works in Easthampton.
The exhibit is free and open to the public. The ECA+ gallery is located at 43 Main St. Hours are Monday through Thursday and Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. For more information, go online to www.easthamptoncityarts.com