002 ☼ Erinn Springer - Dormant Season
Stunningly delicate images from rural America
Process Projected
New Exhibition:
Dormant Season
Erinn Springer
February 6–19
Dear friends,
We are back with the second installment of the new Process Projected exhibition series, featuring the beautiful, sensitive, and quietly powerful work of Erinn Springer.
We first crossed paths outside a New York City gallery a few years back, where I had the pleasure of meeting Erinn and her mother, who graces her photos from time to time. We have kept up and I've been fortunate to witness the evolution of Erinn's work to gain a certain riches that were already very clearly promised back then.
I was delighted when she published her first monograph, "Dormant Season," in the fall of 2023. The images she's showcasing as part of Process Projected are a testament to the lyrical, sensitive, and poetic nature of her work. Reminiscent of artists like Alec Soth and Bryan Schutmaat, Erinn's photographs employ soft tones, quiet storytelling, and a perfectly balanced introverted gaze at her immediate surroundings.
Her ability to convey small stories with an outsized emotional impact, often featuring her family and community members, creates an emotional time travel experience for the viewer, guided gently by Erinn's hand through each chapter, in 3/4 time.
You’ll want to see these images quietly and in person, I promise.
Let me know if you pop by the gallery, I might be there or nearby.
Wesley Verhoeve, curator
Process Projected at What Is Happening Here Gallery
Reguliersdwarsstraat 73, Amsterdam
Opening Times: Tuesdays through Saturdays, noon until 6pm
About The Work
Erinn Springer returned to rural Wisconsin after the loss of a close family member, hoping to reconnect with her memories of home. Created with her family and strangers, the resulting series depicts the contrasts of the modern midwest where everyday occurrences get caught between past and present. Her portrayals of isolation and connection explore interior and exterior landscapes in a region that is mysterious yet familiar. A portrait of agrarian life, Dormant Season is a tender document of the intergenerational bonds of rural America: a mental space and physical place at the heart of an old dream and at the edge of a transformation.
About The Artist
Erinn Springer is a photographer based between Wisconsin and New York. Embracing the character of rural life, her work is inspired by the cycles of the land, memory, and mortality. Her work has been featured in and commissioned by The New York Times, The New Yorker, Die Zeit, M Le Monde, Vogue, among others. Erinn’s first monograph, "Dormant Season," was published in the fall of 2023 with Charcoal Press.
For more, visit ErinnSpringer.com and follow along at @erinnspringer.
Upcoming Exhibition
Each installment of Process Projected is shown for two weeks.
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About The Curator
Wesley Verhoeve is an Amsterdam-based photographer and curator.
His photography has been featured in publications such as the New York Times, National Geographic, the Washington Post, Wired, and many other publications.
As a curator, Wesley was responsible for 96 exhibits at the International Center of Photography in New York City, highlighting the works of over three hundred photographers from across fifty countries. Previous to ICP, Wesley served as the first curator-at-large for WeTransfer, curating works by over six hundred visual creatives.
Wesley Verhoeve also publishes Process, a weekly newsletter dedicated to photography and discovering one's voice. It was the first photography newsletter published on the Substack platform and has more than 10,000 subscribers.