“Duet”: Meghann Riepenhoff and Richard Misrach

CRITIC’S PICK:  Meghann Riepenhoff and her longtime mentor, Richard Misrach, have teamed up to present a photography show that “encourages the viewer to reflect on our relationship to the natural environment,” says Coco Conroy, director of Jackson Fine Art. The goal, according to Misrach, is “making the familiar unfamiliar to force us into a deeper awareness of our world and surroundings, as well as our own actions.” Misrach is mostly associated with the American West and is known to focus on sites where human impact on the environment has resulted in a greater sense of existential uncertainty, a press release explained. Riepenhoff, an Atlanta native, worked with Misrach during the early years of her career in San Francisco, and this exhibition “celebrates the harmonious creative relationship between the two artists.”

Also on view at the gallery is a selection of newly released silver gelatin prints from Yamamoto Masao’s ongoing Tomosu series, as well as unique ambrotypes-wet collodion plates varnished and floated within handmade frames. The Japanese word Tomosu means “to put a little light in the darkness.” — Kevin C. Madigan