Ken Van Sickle’s photographs summon a tart romanticism. They fulfill the time-traveling brief of all great photography, granting onlookers intimate, keyhole access to Paris in fifties, the New York Beat scene, Andy Warhol’s Factory. You can almost smell the cigarette smoke in that Greenwich village club. You can feel the sunlight on that sleeping cat’s back. And yet... [http://www.kenvansickle.com/about] Van Sickle was always a curious explorer of new technologies. Growing up in Brunswick, NY, he was intrigued by new gadgets introduced in the early 20th century, including a stop-motion camera which he owned at the age of 7. Van Sickle’s retrospective photography portrays romantic, evanescent moments in New York and Paris during the 1950s. His travels to France heavily influenced his work, manifesting a pastoral and salon style appeal. Although decades have passed since Van Sickle’s photography work has been exhibited, SOCO Gallery is proud to have rediscovered an artist whose works has shown work in prestigious museums and galleries including Limelight Gallery (NY) in 1958, the very first photography exhibition atMetropolitan Museum of Art (NY) in 1960, Witkin Gallery (NY) in 1980, Soho Photo Gallery (NY) in 1988, and Galerie Thierry Marlat (Paris) in 2000. Van Sickle also has an extensive film career and has worked on numerous cinematography projects including The Making of The Lion King in 1994, Marjoe in 1972, and commercials for international brands including Coca-Cola, Arm & Hammer, Revlon, L’Oreal, and Burger King. (http://www.soco-gallery.com/ken-van-sickle/) When photographer Ken Van Sickle was 23 and living in Paris, he could barely afford rolls of film. One night, hearing that jazz great Chet Baker was playing, he went and took only two pictures, and one was blurry. So what's happened to photography now that everyone has the technology to take as many pictures as they like? Van Sickle offers his Brief But Spectacular take. (See video link above). undefined

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