J. John Priola

Alameda Street and Chestnut Street 2008 101

Priola pays particular attention to otherwise unnoticed details in the cityscape, a quality that not only recurs throughout his oeuvre, but which also places his work in line with a strong tradition of California documentary photography. Close-...

Alameda Street and Chestnut Street 2008 101

Priola pays particular attention to otherwise unnoticed details in the cityscape, a quality that not only recurs throughout his oeuvre, but which also places his work in line with a strong tradition of California documentary photography. Close-...

In his characteristic black-and-white gelatin silver prints, San Franicisco-based J. John Priola adopts the aesthetic of American modernist photography. He pays particular attention to and emphasizes image surface while at the same time manipulating light to create dramatic effects.