I was lucky enough to see the series American Power last summer while visiting the Tate Modern as apart of the museum's New Documentary Forms series. It's funny, looking at Epstein's prints, it's hard to not to think I'm look at a painting. The compositions contain a poignant ethereal quality, as if the environment itself was created from the imagination of the artist.
His images are crisp and still even when capturing motion. He utilization light and the elements to assist the character of his prints. Each photograph feels self contained, as if nothing really exists outside of the 70 x 92 inch print.
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