CHARLES EWING

Charles Ewing’s acute curiosity about people and his deep desire to understand the world that they move through has led him to explore the lives, places, and circumstances he photographs. Guided by Ewing’s empathy, his subjects are often found as their composure becomes uncertain, captured in the moments where performance and vulnerability overlap and their distinct humanity is uncovered

Charles Ewing’s acute curiosity about people and his deep desire to understand the world that they move through has led him to explore the lives, places, and circumstances he photographs. Guided by Ewing’s empathy, his subjects are often found as their composure becomes uncertain, captured in the moments where performance and vulnerability overlap and their distinct humanity is uncovered

CHARLES EWING

CHARLES EWING

His choice to work exclusively in black-and-white accentuates this further. The use of blacks and whites as a method of reduction lets Ewing strip away the complexity of the world, allowing texture, contrast, and shape to register. His multicultural background and training in mathematics ultimately string together the world’s cultural and social strata into a perspective that manages to capture the provisional order that briefly emerges from the otherwise chaotic and unpredictable system of life.

His choice to work exclusively in black-and-white accentuates this further. The use of blacks and whites as a method of reduction lets Ewing strip away the complexity of the world, allowing texture, contrast, and shape to register. His multicultural background and training in mathematics ultimately string together the world’s cultural and social strata into a perspective that manages to capture the provisional order that briefly emerges from the otherwise chaotic and unpredictable system of life.

His choice to work exclusively in black-and-white accentuates this further. The use of blacks and whites as a method of reduction lets Ewing strip away the complexity of the world, allowing texture, contrast, and shape to register. His multicultural background and training in mathematics ultimately string together the world’s cultural and social strata into a perspective that manages to capture the provisional order that briefly emerges from the otherwise chaotic and unpredictable system of life.