
series. Bird's-eye View
date. 2015-2016
A completely unselfconscious portrait. People are totally unaware that they are being observed. And the more we look, the more we see not just the beautiful symmetry of the human body from this point of view but also the details of this person’s life; hats, bags they carry, phones they are plugged into, yoga mats, newspapers…
While looking out of my eighth floor window from my studio at the SVA summer residency, I started taking pictures of the crazy diversity of the population walking down just one street in Manhattan.

Bird's-eye View #2
98x95cm

Bird's-eye View #3
96x103cm

Bird's-eye View #4
94x104cm

Bird's-eye View #5
Duratrans on lightbox
81x100cm


Bird's-eye View #7
88x111cm

Bird's-eye View #8
85x105cm

Bird's-eye View #9
99x135cm

Bird's-eye View #10
108x132cm

Bird's-eye View #10
95x103cm

Bird's-eye View #12
84x105cm
aviva brooks visual artist contemporary art oil painting photography cross-disciplinary artist silk-screen acrylic