Skimming the Surface<br>in Manhattan - 2023
Skimming the Surface<br>in Brooklyn - 2023
Skimming the Surface<br>in Brooklyn - 2023
Skimming the Surface<br>in Brooklyn - 2023

Eric Laverty Photography

Skimming the Surface

Skimming the Surface uses scanning and panorama techniques to isolate objects, compositions, and phenomena without exposing signs of my interaction. Although my shadow or presence is not visible, my movement, influenced by gait and balance, impacts the outcome of each scan. The resulting flattened, elongated compositions stretch and distort the visual field, evoking abstract, almost painterly qualities that explore the boundaries between representation and abstraction. These images may resemble aerial or drone photographs, but they are captured close-up from a continuous vantage point perspective that cannot be replicated by any other technique.

Skimming the Surface challenges the viewer to consider the surface as not merely a boundary but as a dynamic space where meaning and interpretation fluctuate. The series expands the dialogue between photography and painting, between the physical and the ephemeral, offering a fresh perspective on how we perceive and relate to the world around us.

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Skimming the Surface<br>under the BMT Jamaica Line - 2023
Skimming the Surface<br>on Hudson River Greenway - 2024
Skimming the Surface<br>on Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn - 2023
Skimming the Surface<br>on Brooklyn Bridge - 2023

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Eric Laverty Photography
Skimming the Surface<br>in Manhattan - 2024
Skimming the Surface<br>in Brooklyn - 2024
Skimming the Surface<br>in Brooklyn - 2024
Skimming the Surface<br>in Brooklyn - 2024

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Skimming the Surface
Skimming the Surface: Under BQE - 2024
Skimming the Surface

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Walking the Line

Under the Williamsburg Bridge / BQE Connector - 2024


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Skimming the Surface
Skimming the Surface: Under BQE - 2024
Skimming the Surface

Eric Laverty Photography
Skimming the Surface: Under BQE - 2024
Skimming the Surface: Under BQE - 2024

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Eric Laverty Photography
Skimming the Surface<br>Ellsworth Kelly @ MOMA - 2023
Skimming the Surface<br>Ellsworth Kelly @ MOMA - 2023
Skimming the Surface<br>Ellsworth Kelly @ MOMA - 2023
Skimming the Surface<br>Ellsworth Kelly @ MOMA - 2023

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Ellsworth Kelly @ Museum of Modern Art - 2023

“The most pleasurable thing in the world is to see something and then translate how I see it.”

- Ellsworth Kelly


Kelly made Sculpture for a Large Wall for the lobby of Philadelphia’s Transportation Building in 1957. It features 104 quadrilateral aluminum panels suspended between double rows of horizontal rods, which allow each panel to be positioned upright or tilted at an angle. Upon seeing it as it hung at MOMA in New York for Kelly's 2023 A Centennial Celebration, I was struck by its cast shadows, which to my eye, were as evocative and substantial as the sculpture itself. I immediately proceeded to translate what I saw with my continuous vantage point perspective as guards suspiciously looked on.


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Skimming the Surface
Skimming the Surface<br>Ellsworth Kelly @ MOMA - 2023
Skimming the Surface

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Skimming the Surface<br>on Lake Minnewaska and on Gertrude's Nose - 2024
Skimming the Surface<br>on Rocky Point Beach and in Culebra, PR - 2024
Skimming the Surface<br>on LES and in Sukura Park - 2023
Skimming the Surface<br>in Tribeca and on Hudson River Greenway - 2023-2024

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Skimming the Surface<br>@ Hudson Yards, NY - 2023
Skimming the Surface<br>@ Hudson Yards, NY - 2023
Skimming the Surface<br>@ Hudson Yards, NY - 2023
Skimming the Surface<br>@ Hudson Yards, NY - 2023

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Skimming the Surface<br>in Brooklyn and Manhattan - 2023
Skimming the Surface<br>in Brooklyn and Long Island - 2023
Skimming the Surface<br>in Brooklyn - 2023
Skimming the Surface<br>in Chinatown, NYC - 2023


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