About the photographs.
“How we may see in a chamber things that are not.” — Giambattista della Porta, Magia Naturalis, 1558
This centuries-old text describes the reflected illusions of glass as a theatrical effect. A modern equivalent is the beam splitter. Half window and half mirror, the beam splitter is an optical glass designed to split incident light at a designated ratio. Adapted to my photography, it is an image-blending tool of elemental simplicity. Handheld, intuitive, and gestural, the moment of capture is an interplay between transparency and reflection; simultaneously seeing through and around, revealing and inventing perspectives. I find the space between viewpoints; evocative moments in the gap between representation and its meaning.
About Chris Gould.
Growing up in Buffalo, I worked summers in a tool factory making metal parts. I explored the industrial landscape with my camera, augmenting a love of old factories with reading on history and biography.
With a foundation in photography from Amherst High, I attended the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to learn the art and craft of photography through countless darkroom hours. I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photo Illustration and headed directly to New York City where I soon opened a photography studio in Greenwich Village. I completed more than 1,200 editorial and advertising assignments specializing in the subjects of science, technology, and information.
Life and work align, welcoming new opportunities in art and media. Current projects are immersed in abstraction and blend my practice between photography and sculpture. Recent commissions include works for private collectors, art consultancies, and corporate design clients. I have expanded northward from New York, relocating to the Hudson Valley with my wife and children, homesteading on family land. Here I have built a home and studio, continuing my work with photography, sculpture, and furniture design.
Select Exhibitions
2025 Group Show, CPW, “Free for All”.
2025 Group Show, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, “Photography Currents” curated by Brian Wallis.
2024 Online Group Show, Der Greif – Organization for Contemporary Photography. Guest Room online exhibition “Wortbildsalat/Word-image-salad” curated by Christine Monarchi and Eva Eicker.
2024 Group Show, LoosenArt Project, Metamorphosis Exhibition, Rome, Italy
2021 Group Show, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Small Works Show
2016 Group Show, Spencertown Academy Regional Art Show