It’s the summer here in the northern hemisphere — and for many younger folks, school is out! To celebrate this, the curators over at Robert Mann Gallery have put together a special online exhibition all about school being over. It’s called School’s Out for Summer — and it’s an online group showing of images from various photographers. For many people, it’s a celebration of the fact that they don’t need to do much work and be on a set schedule. Instead, they’re embracing freedom.
All images provided to the Phoblographer by Robert Mann Gallery. You can visit the online exhibit right here.
Here’s the description of the exhibit:
School’s Out for Summer presents a mix of moments that have the spirit of summer holidays at their core. From the glorious beaches of Brazil in Sandra Cattaneo Adorno’s lush gold hued image from the series Águas de Ouro to the dreamy summer ride we imagine for the subject of Cig Harvey’s Surf Trip, to the pure joy we can almost hear from the revelers in Jeff Brouws’s Waveswinger.
School’s Out for Summer also features the work of Joe Deal, Larry Fink, Ed Sievers, Ann Treer, Henry Wessel and Weegee among others.
As such, we can see several images in either a very warm tonality or in black and white. The black and white photographs often remind of very classic times during the summer long gone. At the same time, the warmer images give us the feeling os summer sunsets — often considered universally to be amongst the best time for people to be out. The exhibit will appeal to those who like street photography, urban geometry, cityscapes, etc.
If you’re on a desktop, you can also hover your mouse over the images to see more details on who shot them, how big the print is, etc. Personally, though, I’d really love to see an exhibit like this pop-up in person.
Of course, for many of us, school was an escape from being at home. Some might look at these photographs with longing that maybe this could’ve been our lives. Hopefully, we’re in a place right now where we’ve made a life for ourselves so that it doesn’t have to be this way.
