Into Spring: Photographs by Sandy Kaufman

SA N DY K AU F M A N I N TO S P R I N G

SA N DY K AU F M A N I N TO S P R I N G

Rainy School Day 2

Pooling Rain 3

Wet Light, Union Square 4

In Subway Light 5

Leaf Waves 6

Liquid Pink 7

Delicate Stems 8

Untitled 9

Bark and Moss 10

Collar 11

Blue Wing 12

Lines 13

Tornado 14

Shop Sign 15

Ribbon 16

Light Stripes 17

Dolphins 18

Bent Layers 19

Stone Corner 20

Salvation Army Eagle 21

Half Mobius 22

Pencil Paint 23

Composition with Sunlight 24

Title 25

Sky Lines 26

Color After Rain 27

Purple Threads 28

Chair Seat in the Garden 29

Mapped Curves 30

Musical Styles 31

Sky Forms 32

Stencil and Curtain 33

Emergence 34

Gauze and Light 35

Door Lock and Reflections of Spring 36

Translucent Diagonal 37

Inverted Glass 38

Mansard Slate 39

Pedal Form 40

Typefaces 41

Liquid Symbols 42

Media Mask on Green 43

Peach Tears 44

Green Curve 45

Bouley’s Flower 46

Crisp Shirt Elements 47

Metal Angles 48

Crosshatching 49

Turquoise Metal 50

Grids in Light and Shadow 51

The Yellows 52

X City 53

Wall Yolks 54

Bullwash 55

Letter Flap and Four Corners 56

Rounds 57

Metal Symmetry 58

Bricks and Stars 59

Flying Through 60

Night Sky 61

Wire Swirl 62

Reflections on Curves 63

Magnetic Fields 64

Liquid Reflections 65

Armed 66

Arrows 67

Rainbow Rights 68

Buddha’s Ear Is a Jungle Leaf 69

Brain Park 70

Yellow Oh 71

Albers’ Colors and Diagonal Light 72

Striplings 73

Pink Form ETs 74

American Values 75

Whirling Dervishes Posing as a Dogwood Tree in the Rain 76

Rain Shine Fern 77

Gymnast 78

Soft Eye 79

Short Cuts 80

Grain 81

Red Forms 82

Wet Shakespeare 83

Saw 84

Chris’ Yellow Shades 85

Sea Rail Centered 86

Canine Boxer Head 87

Zig Zag Squares 88

Color Curve 89

Chanel, Ladder, and City Street 90

Newsstand Walkers 91

Rare Unmarked Paper Cup with Stirrer 92

Indigo Mask 93

Spring Sun 94

Tank Top Reflections 95

Curls 96

Planetary Surface 97

Coiled 98

Blue Folds 99

Paddling 100

Reflections 101

EKG 102

Open Arms for Rain 103

Peek 104

Thick Bark 105

Wet Circle 106

Time Shaped Wall 107

Passing Taxi 108

Blocks 109

Profile Facing Right 110

Clean Blue 111

Round Knot Scratchings 112

Engineered Lid and Straw 113

Illuminated Dancers 114

Green with Helvetica 115

Curb View Shapes 116

Ice 117

Toothy Bridge 118

Weave 119

Painted Boot 120

Rocking Boats 121

The Greens 122

Web 123

Wall Markings 124

Gridded Green 125

Kid’s Canvas 126

Rounds 127

Shadow Slice 128

Grid and Shadow 129

Padre Pio 130

Red Walkers 131

Scratched Klee 132

Painting on Stone 133

Yellow Corner 134

Hot Light Metal 135

Captured Bubble 136

White Lined Composition 137

Wet Lid Patterns 138

Silvers 139

Sprayed Concrete 140

Spiral Climber 141

She Wears a Beret; He Has a Goatee 142

Glass Spirals 143

Arpesque 144

Inverted V 145

Red to Green Grain 146

Splits and Eye 147

Blues News 148

Forms and Stitches 149

Iced 150

Six Diamonds 151

Round Buildings with Water Tank 152

Wrapped Birch Logs 153

Glass Diamonds with Leaves 154

Pod 155

Color Layers with Silver 156

Planes 157

Air Mountain 158

Rebar Ribbon 159

Minus Multiply 160

Language 161

Jeweled Shadow 162

Ventilated Seat 163

Leaf Shadows 164

Faith 165

Bubbles 166

Composition with Rail 167

Horse 168

Arcs 169

A Very Special Shoe 170

Spokes and Greens 171

The Church at Twilight 172

Sunny Taxi 173

Grace 174

Rose 175

Amphitheater with Aisle 176

E

ndless rainy days. Green on green. Trees growing out of trees. A wet book abandoned on the house steps. Raindrops pooling on a shiny table. I am happy for the renewal that spring brings (and sunglasses).

I am looking through the camera lens like a fascinated tourist who is seeing the familiar as unfamiliar elements of visual poetry— abstraction, grace, line, form, and unique juxtapositions in the changing light.

Sandy Kaufman is a painter and photographer living in Brooklyn, New York. He has worked for Columbia University and New York University for the past 20 years as print/creative director while continuing to work on his paintings and photography. Now, he is focused solely on his personal art.

http://www.sandykaufmanphoto.com