Stephen Langdon / Catherine Seidenberg / Aaron Hobson / Barry Goldstein

Whallonsburg, NY – Whitcomb’s Arts is pleased to present a group photography exhibit that invites viewers to experience the Adirondacks through four different lenses, and thereby expand and reimagine our sense of our shared surroundings. NEXTDOOR, curated by Laurie House, will run from October 1-15, with the opening reception and interactive artists’ talks on Sunday, October 8 from 4-7pm. Talks begin at 4:30.

These are not the typical images of the Adirondacks.
Instead, the photographers draw from their unique lived experience to train their keen attention on details, neighbors, landscapes that we may not otherwise notice.

When Plant Ecologist Stephen Langdon walks into a bog in the Adirondacks, he sees an ancient palace that holds a complete record of the past: the story of species, and individuals, and fire, and climate, and humans, since the sun first warmed the ground in this part of the world after 60,000 years buried in a mile of ice.

In her ramblings around the North Country, Catherine Seidenberg’s camera might as well be attached as a third arm as she perpetually seeks glimmers of magic, joy and humor in the natural world. Catherine brings a great sensitivity to often-bypassed beauty, frequently highlighting texture and shadow.

Aaron Hobson narrowly avoided a midlife crisis by spending one hundred days on a rock by a lake, where he made friends with four seagulls and three fellow humans. He documents a summer of avian antics and personal transformation after his u-turn from the globetrotting gallery life.

Documentary photographer Barry Goldstein has worked in Iraq and Afghanistan, covered multiple election cycles, and is the author of “Gray Land: Soldiers on War.” (W.W. Norton, 2009). His latest series finds him closer to his home in Lewis, NY, featuring residents in the North Country.