Adam Ekberg
An aerosol container in an abandoned peach orchard An aerosol container in an abandoned peach orchard (detail) (title forthcoming) Milk bleed Milk bleed (detail) (title forthcoming) Arrangement #1 Outpost #2 Shadow and eye Shadow and eye (detail) Beer bottles and flashlights Levitating pink umbrella Bic lighters, beer bottle, flashlight and cocktail umbrellas Outpost #1 Crystal landscape Fire and two trees Arrangement #2 Untitled Untitled Untitled (detail) A balloon in a room The view through my window Balloons and disco ball Untitled Untitled (detail) Arrangement #4 Untitled Saturday night The disconnect A flashlight on the forest floor Bank of the river Cocktail umbrella and bic lighter From the inside looking out Aberration 15 Fire Precise Equilibrium A camera in the forest Untitled Untitled (Detail) The suns reflection in a small puddle A cluster of helium balloons drifts into the atmosphere A cluster of helium balloons drifts into the atmosphere (detail) A melting ice cube Match Fort Fort (detail) Smoke ring Aberration #1 Aberration #3 Aberration #4 Aberration #5 Aberration #6 Aberration #7 Aberration #8 Aberration #9 Aberration #10 Aberration #13 Aberration #14 Aberration #12 Lighter Lighter (DETAIL) Condensation from a glass on the bedside table Bottlerocket Concentric circles Camera True North True North (DETAIL) The sunset in my apartment Small fire #3 An impression of myself in a field Sparkler on frozen lake Untitled Balloons over an empty field Balloons over an empty field (DETAIL) A smoke ring levitates in my apartment Flashlight Disco ball on the mountain Bottlerocket Country Road Pencils in drop ceiling A splash in the middle of the ocean A bubble rests on the grass Vacuum on a frozen lake Goodnight kiss My breath in a car #2 Fuse A balloon in the woods This always seems to happen when you come around A disco Ball in the woods
In calculated performances that intersect with photography’s documentary potential, I explore ephemeral occurrences that can serve as metaphors for existence. Making such humble events happen is alchemy of sorts, the transformation of the mundane into the poignant. Within the constructed images, I reposition specific celebratory iconography to create minor spectacles. My process requires detailed and elaborate production outside the photographic frame so that what appears within the frame implies simplicity and straightforwardness. It is important to me that these constructions actually exist in the world, if only for the moment in which the photograph is made.

Upcoming Group Exhibitions:

False Front Gallery, Light Structures, Portland OR (April 7 - April 29)
ClampArt, Into the woods, New York, NY (June 28 - August 18)
Tempus Projects, Tampa FL
Comfort Station, Curated by Michael Green, Chicago IL

Upcoming Publications:

Harvard Business Review
Sraunus Book, Tulenizdat Publishing, London, UK
Conveyor Magazine, Jersey City, New Jersey