“ A meditation on light and space. Photographic studies of coastal thresholds:
Land, air, and sea, with an emphasis on the Pacific Ocean. “

David King Rowe IV has long been finding tranquil moments at the intersection of land, sea, and sky. Born
on the Central Coast of California, Rowe approaches the American West Coast with an outsider’s sense of
wonder. Channeling early pioneers such as Edward Steichen and Gustave Le Gray, Rowe turns his eyes
toward horizons, coasts, and other earthly thresholds in an attempt to "romanticize the tangible". His
work asks us to forget what we know: the beach becomes an abstract meeting of surface, the horizon a
meditation on light, space, and form. Capturing the ever-shifting mood of the coastline and its immediate
natural surroundings, Rowe uses the subtle abstraction of the black-and-white analog medium to create
impressions at once eerie and familiar.