Mouse, 2012 from the Morbidity & Mortality series © Jeanette May

Brooklyn-based photographer Jeanette May will be exhibiting works from her Morbidity & Mortality series in Creature Features, a two-person show with Jocelyn Chase‘s Defunct series. There will be a reception for Creature Feature during the New York Photo Festival, Wednesday, May 16th, 5–7pm, the exhibit will be on view through May 20th at A.I.R. Gallery in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

Responding to the recent popular fascination with depictions of crime scenes, forensics, and surgically altered bodies, Jeanette May and Jocelyn Chase create seductively creepy representations of the macabre. Their photographs of staged murders and dissected flesh call attention to our society’s obsession with mortality. Both artists masterfully instill subtle humor into each image, producing photographs that are simultaneously disturbing and whimsical.

—Text courtesy of A.I.R. Gallery

© Kathryn Obermaier. Kiriyamabeya Sumo House, Tokyo Japan.

Sombra Projects is proud to present its inaugural exhibition at the New York Photo Festival, a collaborative effort dedicated to showcasing social documentary photography within a fine art aesthetic. Sombra Projects grew out of a network of photographers based primarily in New York City as a way to present personal work and share their experiences. Sombra Projects exists as a compliment to the photographers’ individual endeavors and provides them an opportunity to work together, allowing them to make connections between their diverse experiences and to engage in a conversation to about their lives and, more importantly, the people and places in front of the lens.