Jill Greenberg
Jill Greenberg
2005, Revelations, digital photographic print, 50 x 42”
2005, Awe, digital photographic print, 50 x 42”
2005, Bad Intelligence, digital photographic print, 50 x 42”
2005, The End, digital photographic print, 50 x 42”
2005, A Little To The Left, digital photographic print, 50 x 42”
2005, Ooh!, digital photographic print, 50 x 42”
2005, Dude, digital photographic print, 50 x 42”
2005, Revelations, digital photographic print, 50 x 42”
Nothing is more pure than the anguish of a child. Pictures of children crying capture raw emotion sputtering rage and profound loss. In many ways we’ve become desensitized to disturbing images. But the honesty of a child’s feelings is undeniable and it draws you in to the kind of powerful motions that we, as adults, have suppressed in ourselves. For the series “Monkey Portraits”, Greenberg has created a series of monkey portraits and asks us to consider, in another way, where we are coming from. We look into her monkey’s expressions, their faces -- their peculiar physiognomy -- and somehow see ourselves. It is frightening and disorienting and exhilarating and awesome.