ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Canadian born Christopher Griffith was studying for a doctorate in biochemistry in London when he abandoned his degree to pursue photography in the early nineties. Initially in the fashion world working for Paris VOGUE, ELLE UK, Marie Claire Bis, ARENA, Griffith shifted gears when moving back to NYC in the late nineties, traveling cross country 3 times in the creation of his first monograph STATES (powerhouse books, 2000) followed with his second monograph FALL (powerhouse books, 2004)
In 2001, STATES won the silver medal at the Art Directors Club, NYC for both photography and design.

With STATES Griffith developed a personal vernacular of abstracted realism that has continued to define the graphic style of his work. His uniquely stripped down approach has resulted in an iconic body of work that ranges from portraiture, industrial landscapes, architecture to still life.

With his latest title BLOWN, Griffith returns again to a common subject of the detritus that lays abandoned and forgotten. Distorted and grotesque blown out tires were collected over a period of 6 years from the highways of america and transformed in his NYC studio into vivid studies of shape and form. Griffith's approach transforms photography to a place that evokes perceptions akin to that which is more commonly associated with abstract painting and modern sculpture.

"His photography is vivid and visually precise, tending to focus on subjects that might otherwise attract little attention. This latest series is no exception, inviting us to re-examine the familiar in stunning form."
wallpaper magazine

"Griffith is a technical marvel with a flawless grasp of light, able to call forth the texture of his material in exacting, alluring detail. (He) seems to be looking to make a point that other artists have made, endlessly and subtly, but with the delicacy of a sledgehammer: This is garbage, your refuse, your abandoned junk, and behold - I have made it beautiful! Soak in the terrible irony of your attraction to the workaday discarded!"
Toronto Star

"The stunning craftsmanship of his images transform an object of waste into an object of iconic splendor. The blown tire, usually a worthless object, is turned into a monument of transience and beauty".
Galerie Crone, Berlin.