Jackson Fine Art is pleased to present Meghann Riepenhoff and Richard Misrach in a two-person exhibition entitled Duet. For the fourth exhibition of our inaugural year at 3122 East Shadowlawn, Duet reasserts the gallery’s commitment to bringing together through a common curatorial thread the best artists of the 20th and 21st centuries across traditional and innovative photo-based mediums. Misrach, one of the most influential photographers of his generation, has come to be nearly synonymous with the American West, photographing vast, empty deserts and sites at the margin where human impact on the environment has resulted in a greater sense of existential uncertainty. Misrach acted as a mentor to Riepenhoff, an Atlanta native, in her early years as a working photographer in San Francisco — this exhibition celebrates the harmonious creative relationship between these two artists, and the importance of the teacher-student relationship to the continuation of the photographic tradition. Curated from each artist’s most recent series, Riepenhoff’s Ice and Misrach’s Notations, Duet honors the constant evolution of two artists deeply invested in pushing the limits of their own practice — and each other’s.

  • Richard Misrach

    Richard Misrach Biography Richard Misrach (b. 1949) is one of the most influential photographers working today. For the past 50 years, he has used visually stunning, large-scale color vistas to address human intervention on the natural world. Perhaps best known for his Desert Cantos , an ongoing series depicting desert landscapes that the artist began in 1979, Richard Misrach is widely considered to be one of the pioneers of large format color photography.

    Born in Los Angeles, California, Richard Misrach studied psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, before turning to photography as a way of documenting his involvement... View artist page

  • Meghann Riepenhoff

    Meghann Riepenhoff Biography With her unique cameraless photographs, Meghann Riepenhoff (b. 1979; Atlanta, GA) captures the ebb and flow of time, examining humans’ relationship with the environment and our impermanent place within it. Cyanotypes are one of the oldest photographic processes, dating back to 1842, and are a camera less photograph created by exposing paper coated with a solution of iron salts to ultraviolet light. Riepenhoff works in unison with river and ocean currents, allowing wind, water, and sediment to imprint on the paper’s surface; she also exposes the paper to rain or snow, revealing crystals, droplets, and kaleidoscopic patterns... View artist page