Stories
Mar 18 – Apr 17
Nate Larson

Opening Mar 18, 6-8 pm

Larson insists that his work seeks to expose the workings of, rather than disprove, religious and supernatural beliefs.1 In this series of photographs titled Stories (2002-03), the banal is taken as a sign of wonder, an indication of supernatural presence, and the photograph acts as a document of truth. These humorous and touching photographs evoke the power of belief: an acceptance of the role of divine intervention requires a suspension of the unrelenting criticality that characterizes contemporary life. In these photographs, a sense of belief, imagination and connection is suggested. Empirical truth here is irrelevant, and truth itself, relative.

—Cynthia Foo


Nate Larson is a Chicago-based artist working with photography. He earned an MFA in Photography at the Ohio State University and a BA from Purdue University. His work has been shown throughout the US and is included in the Midwest Photographers Project collection at the Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago. He currently teaches photography & digital imaging at Elgin Community College.

1 - Artist’s statement. http://www.natelarson.com/artist_statement.pdf, ver. 2002.