Reverie by Jake Weisz

Sydney photographer, Jake Weisz is set to release his photo book, Reverie, to coincide with his solo exhibition, of the same title, at Black Eye Gallery in Darlinghurst, NSW from 17 November, 2015.

Jake Weisz has uncovered and exposed New York – the quintessential modern city with its iconic landmarks, boroughs and flavours - with his inspiring and sensitive photography to reveal what mostly goes unnoticed in the most familiar of cities. The grand, theatrical image of New York City is distilled to a single sidewalk, to a single man’s breath caught in the morning air. In Reverie, New York City is presented in a profoundly personal and intensely beautiful way, rather than in the superficial and clichéd way to which we are accustomed.

The images in this book open a window for us to examine the secrets and dreams of New York City and those who inhabit it, the moments that might otherwise go unnoticed or unseen. The soft-bellied vulnerability that is exposed when we are laid bare. Reverie resides in the place where the physical plane and the imaginative world meet. As one turns each page, one is transported by the tangible, tender bodies juxtaposed with the harsh, concrete city into the minds of Jake Weisz’s subjects - into that indescribable space between consciousness and dreaming - the space where each of our private fantasies, at least for a moment, seem part of the day-to-day world. It is this moment that Jake Weisz invites us to finally touch.

• Organised by: Black Eye Gallery
• Contact name: Katherine Bennett
• Phone: (02) 8084 7541