A 1999 graduate of Massachusetts College of Art, Brian Unwin (Wayland, MA) is a master black and white printer and is currently Production Manager at the Atelier at Palm Press, Inc. Fascinated by industrial areas and sites of re-use, Unwin has been photographing strange urban structures and vast empty expanses for several years. His work focuses on the ever-changing lines between rural and urban landscapes and the development that brings the two together. Whether it is a storage facility or the side of an Ikea store, Unwin's work balances compositional form with sculptural space.

Shown in venues ranging from the New Bedford Art Museum to Toledo Friends of Photography , his work can be found in numerous private collections and regional benefit auctions. Unwin's most recent solo and group exhibitions including showings at his gallery, Gallery Kayafas.

  - Leslie K. Brown, PRC Curator

Artist Statement

These pictures were made in an attempt to organize the world. I photograph out of a need to understand space, the landscape in particular. I am fascinated with the way we fill our spaces and the way they are often left unused. The landscape is full of questions and contemplations. In particular, I am very interested in the way in which our structures begin to take volume in the landscape, as well as the emptiness that inevitably occurs when redevelopment is taking place.

- Brian Unwin

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