A Deliberate Impression

Athena Abdien, Paria Ahmadi, Nicholas Alvarez, Federica Berra, Frida Braide, Nicholas Dupont, Yulin Gu, Kuan Hsieh, Thomas Iacobucci, Helena Kubicka, Hao-Wei Lin, Sidian Liu, Dexter Lopez, Sean Manuel, Camilla Mecagni, Eliza Newman, Belinda Okuya, Drishti Verma, Trenton Teinert, Ryland West, Blaine Williams, Isaiah Winters, Beiyuan Zhang

A Deliberate Impression features the work of current MFA photography students from Parsons School of Design in New York City. The 23 artists shown highlight the various ways of seeing, representing, and creating within the medium of photography. Drawing from their personal perspectives and experiences, these artists present us with a wide spectrum of responses to an increasingly complex world. Within the works presented in this exhibition, one finds: clarity in abstraction, considerations on the real and the hyper real, political proposals, personal reflections, and imagination. These young artists are gifted, reflective, sensitive, and committed. In viewing the work in this exhibition, the greatest thing one finds is the individual talents and unique vision of each of these emerging artists.

Organizations

Parsons School of Design

A pioneer in art and design education for more than a century, Parsons School of Design is one of the most prestigious and comprehensive colleges of art and design in the world. Critical thinking, collaboration, and reflective practice are at the heart of a Parsons education. Located in the heart of New York City, the school offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the full spectrum of design disciplines. A student-centered curriculum allows for both focused and interdisciplinary learning to master concepts, technologies, and research methods that cut across a wide array of fields. By synthesizing theory with craft, and combining art and design studies with the liberal arts and business, Parsons prepares its students to shape scholarship in their field and make art and design that matters. Its faculty of notable artists, design practitioners, critics, historians, writers, and scholars exemplify an extraordinary breadth of vision. The graduate Photography program functions as a 21st-century studio and think tank. The goal of the 26-month program is to prepare graduates to define the creative role of photography within contemporary culture, as practicing artists and scholars. Challenging participants to move beyond current paradigms—to anticipate and set trends, rather than follow them.
NYC Parks

NYC Parks is the steward of more than 30,000 acres of land — 14 percent of New York City — including more than 5,000 individual properties ranging from Coney Island Beach and Central Park to community gardens and Greenstreets. We operate more than 800 athletic fields and nearly 1,000 playgrounds, 1,800 basketball courts, 550 tennis courts, 65 public pools, 51 recreational facilities, 15 nature centers, 14 golf courses, and 14 miles of beaches. We care for 1,200 monuments and 23 historic house museums. We look after 600,000 street trees, and two million more in parks. We are New York City’s principal providers of recreational and athletic facilities and programs. We are home to free concerts, world-class sports events, and cultural festivals.