At its most elementary level, photography
is merely a series of light rays
reflecting off surfaces, finding their
way through a camera lens and burning
an organized image onto a lightsensitive
surface. D’onofrio creates
abstract photographs of the diffraction
artifacts that happen within the
camera lens itself. These photographs
are about the camera and remind us
that the photograph can reveal more
than what is simply there. Intrigue
lies within the mistakes, or unwanted
occurrences that define the limitations
as well as the limitlessness of
the medium. This show is composed
of a series of images shot in a lighting
studio, with no particular objects in
front of the camera, but with the lens
flare as their subject matter.

Curated by Phillip McCrum