Katherine Westerhout
Katherine Westerhout
Katherine Westerhout
Recently closed - Katherine Westerhout: At Long Last at Electric Works. This is the second show of Westerhout's photographs I've seen at Electric Works, and I was struck this time again by the simple beauty of her work. She is certainly not the only photographer to capture urban decay, but I like how she doesn't use a flash, doesn't move stuff around. Her images also fill me with a kind of optimism brought on by projects like the High Line in New York, where neglected space is revitalized with care taken to preserve original architecture where possible. Who knows, with a little bit of creativity maybe some of the places she photographs will find their own second life.
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