{"id":686,"date":"2009-07-15T17:15:10","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T15:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/?p=686"},"modified":"2009-07-15T17:15:10","modified_gmt":"2009-07-15T15:15:10","slug":"lumas-galleries-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/photography\/lumas-galleries-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Lumas Galleries Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18485\" style=\"width: 467px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Model-Sara-Deanna-Domestic-Help-Fantasy-Benjamin-Kanarak.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18485\" title=\"Model-Sara- Deanna-Domestic-Help-Fantasy-Benjamin-Kanarak\" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Model-Sara-Deanna-Domestic-Help-Fantasy-Benjamin-Kanarak.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sara Deanna in Domestic Help Fantasy \u00a9 Benjamin Kanarak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Lumas Galleries Worldwide<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Just wanted to tell you that <strong>15<\/strong> of <strong><em>Benjamin Kanarek&#8217;s images<\/em><\/strong> are being shown at <strong><em><a title=\"Lumas Galleries\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lumas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">LUMAS Galleries<\/a><\/em><\/strong> throughout the world and on permanent display.\u00a0 These are Limited Edition prints of 100 series per image and are 0.80 x 1.20 meters in size.<br \/>\nYou may also request special editions directly via <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benjaminkanarek.com\/print-sales\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Kanarek&#8217;s official website<\/a>.<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Critics of Benjamin Kanarek&#8217;s Work<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p><!-- p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px; font: 14.0px Arial} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; min-height: 16.0px} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>CONFRONTATIONS WITH FATE <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A fleeting glance, the forbidden desire, the transience of physical closeness. In a singular way, Chinese director Wong Kar-Wai manages to translate the emotional states of his films\u2019 tragic characters into an impressive total work of art.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Together with cameraman Peter Doyle, Wong creates worlds of images that burn themselves onto their viewers\u2019 emotional memories. Remembering Wong\u2019s haunting work In the Mood for Love (2000), it is above all the protagonists\u2019 feelings, longings, and disappointments that leave behind a lasting impression as an overpowering amalgam of colors and sounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Benjamin Kanarek revives these moments of tragic love of 1960s Hong Kong in his series \u201cIn the Mood,\u201d he assumes Wong\u2019s aesthetic cosmos without attempting to copy it. The series is eager to spark a dialogue with the observer\u2019s memory. If it\u2019s true that smells can awake memories from days long gone by, then Kanarek achieves that with his works\u2019 sensual stimuli. Brilliant colors, the tactile nature of the surfaces, and the dramatic contrasts of light and shadow allow the compositions to relive the felt moments of Wong\u2019s films. Kanarek\u2019s works find very much their own paths to engendering an image of atmosphere in the observer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The photographer translates the felt moments of stagnancy in the relationships between two people in the exposed faces of the portrayed pairs. They come across cold, almost as though wearing masks, yet they bear Wong\u2019s figures\u2019 tragedy properly. If transience is always at the heart of photography, then it is the memory of a futile love that Kanarek has preserved in these faces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Horst Kl\u00f6ver<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MORE IS MORE!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Canadian, Benjamin Kanarek (*1950) is multi-talented. Whether working as a fashion photographer, a music video director or Lancome\u2019s creative director, he always goes all out\/the whole hog. From Icon to Vogue, Harper\u2019s to Elle, Kanarek has published in all the major fashion and lifestyle magazines. From still-lives to celebrities, his work spans from the personal to the sensual conceptions of beauty, which he likes to celebrate with extravagant female models.\u00a0 Kanarek happily labels himself a beauty photographer, beauty not being classical elegance, but an opulent and baroque zest for life, indulgence to the fullest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Less is more? Really? Kanarek\u2019s fiery photographs, foregoing no details, can only make you shake your head as they satisfactorily prove: More is more!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">David G\u00e4rtner<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Images by Benjamin Kanarek are being shown at LUMAS Galleries throughout the world and on permanent display<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[37],"tags":[159,97,245,700,659,701,36],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paG8MM-b4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1172,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/photography\/its-your-expo-but-your-the-last-to-find-out-about-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":686,"position":0},"title":"You are part of an Expo, but your the Last to Find Out About It!","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"August 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I was quite amused to find out that I have a major expo in Germany of my work and I wasn't informed about it.\u00a0 I was just doing a search on Yahoo after being told by several people on the photo forums\u00a0 who discovered that I am part of another\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/category\/photography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/78978006.HV8NGrlv.BenjaminKanarek0032.sized_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2016,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/photography\/my-21-galleries-limited-edition-exhibition\/","url_meta":{"origin":686,"position":1},"title":"My &quot;21 Galleries&quot; Limited Edition Exhibition","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"November 7, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I Just wanted to share my \"21 Galleries\" Limited Edition Exhibition with all of\u00a0 YOU... 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