From Michael Donovan’s article on Luke Smalley:

I was only able to see about 8 openings yesterday because I had meetings and couldn’t come out until 6pm. And, out of the 8, 6 of them sucked. I found more people agreeing with me as I ran in to other people looking for new and fresh art. My biggest pet peeve was how many portrait photographers were flooding the art scene this week. I guess oversized shots of people’s faces just didn’t resonate with me. I understood the concepts, I saw their value, and I saw the effort and work behind them but they really didn’t “wow” me. Would I want to have a 3’x4′ photo of a homeless person looking at me from behind my sofa? And will that REALLY be socially significant in 5 years?

There were two photographers that DID stop me. One was Luke Smalley. I won’t say why I liked all of his work, I just did. That’s the thing about really good art: you just like it.

See the original article in full

See the exhibition “Sunday Drive”
View all of Luke Smalley’s work at ClampArt