Mother and Son is part of a long-term photographic project about living with and caring for my 90-year-old mother in the apartment where I grew up in Queens, New York. What began as a temporary arrangement during the pandemic gradually became a six-year shared life shaped by caregiving, humor, and negotiation, as our small apartment absorbed the practical and emotional realities of housing, care, and growing older in the city. Working collaboratively, my mother and I stage photographs drawn from everyday life that reflect the shifting roles between parent and child. Balancing tenderness with absurdity, the images explore dependence, family intimacy, and the strange closeness that can emerge when families improvise care within the home.
Artist Bios
-
Neil Kramer
Neil Kramer is a photographer and writer based in Queens, New York. His work explores family relationships, masculinity, domestic life, and the passage of time through staged and collaborative photography. Drawing on humor, autobiography, and everyday experience, his images look at how performance and vulnerability shape the way people live together.
Organizations
-
Photoville
Founded in 2011 in Brooklyn, NY, Photoville was built on the principles of addressing cultural equity and inclusion, which we are always striving for, by ensuring that the artists we exhibit are diverse in gender, class, and race.
In pursuit of its mission, Photoville produces an annual, city-wide open air photography festival in New York City, a wide range of free educational community initiatives, and a nationwide program of public art exhibitions.
By activating public spaces, amplifying visual storytellers, and creating unique and highly innovative exhibition and programming environments, we join the cause of nurturing a new lens of representation.
Through creative partnerships with festivals, city agencies, and other nonprofit organizations, Photoville offers visual storytellers, educators, and students financial support, mentorship, and promotional & production resources, on a range of exhibition opportunities.
For more information about Photoville visit, www.photoville.com
Mother and Son
Featuring: Neil Kramer
Locations
View Location Details Download a detailed map of this location Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza1 Water St
Brooklyn, NY 11201
This location is part of Brooklyn Bridge Park
Explore other locations and exhibitions nearby
