Solo Exhibition - Ray Carofano

"Close at Hand"

October 8 - October 20, 2018

"Close at Hand" is a body of photographs, which again highlights man’s participation

in his environment, depicting how a specific region is observed. As Ray Carofano

defines his process to others as, “knowing it has little to do with the things you see

and everything to do with the way you see them." This time, he examines the port

towns in Southern California: San Pedro and Harbor City. People helped transform

this area of Los Angeles into a recognizable place, but Carofano emphasizes

mundane spots that are often overlooked. His images have a quiet, painterly

attention to light and space, which translates beautifully into the tones of the scene.

Carofano employs graphic elements, playing with the strange visuals created by the

photograph’s geometry, colors, and reflections. Both stunning and historic at the

same time, this artist has discovered the brilliant and modern in the empty and

everyday.

Ray Carofano’s career in photography spans over fifty years, with his photographs

have been shown extensively throughout the United States, with several exhibitions

abroad as well. He has published three books of his photographs, and his work has

been reproduced in various publications. His pieces can be found in the permanent

collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, Santa Barbara Museum of

Art, Santa Barbara, CA., Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA., Fototeca de

Cuba, National Archives, Havana, Cuba, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas

and other private and corporate collections. Carofano lives and works in San Pedro,

CA.