David Comora
The Space Between
Between stimulus and response there is a space, and in that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.
—Viktor Frankl
In early 2020 I began mining my photographic archive—searching for connections, deciphering the language I was speaking—trying to identify signals amidst the noise.
As I began to make new work in response, I found myself “mining forward” what I heard from my archive, expanding my syntax.
This selection of images from the past 25 years—fleeting moments, details, landscapes, reflections, and shadows—is my response after existing within my own space, between here and there, a place that gave me the autonomy to find fresh patterns, relationships, and paths forward.
Acting as both stimulus and response, “The Space Between” is an opportunity to see the world anew.
Artist Bio
On becoming a practicing photographer David Comora (b. 1969) has come to believe the most beautiful thing about art is making it, and what intrigues him is its never-ending supply.
Primarily an “intuitive walk-about” photographer, his work is his reflection, the subject – his act of observing.
A casual practitioner since the sixth grade, he began more serious study at the International Center of Photography in 2014 with fine art photographer and author Barbara Mensch. He continued his study at both ICP and the Griffin Museum of Photography along with notable photographers Alex and Rebecca Webb, Duane Michals, and most recently Ralph Gibson.
His practice focuses on bookmaking and project photography, utilizing a range of styles and techniques influenced by masters from many creative disciplines.
Comora’s first self-published book, “In the Footsteps of Alfred” was selected for inclusion in the 2021 Self-Published Book Show at the Griffin Museum of Photography.
David lives in New York with his wife and daughter.
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