CHAD COOMBS | 2 SERIES

CHAD COOMBS | 2 SERIES

Figurative Figures

With a strong aversion to eye contact, Coombs uses manipulated glass between the camera and his subject matter. Dissociating visually strengthens the emotional connection for Coombs, who then captures difficult moments for him to define in words.
Moments of arousal, passion, love, and, most difficult of all, connectivity. Coombs attempts to project himself into the figure that is captured to connect better, using photography as his method of communicating the emotions he feels and captures within these frames.

CHAD COOMBS

Chad Coombs is an award-winning, internationally recognized photographer.
He specializes in minimalistic and abstract portraiture that embraces individuality as well as Polaroid film manipulations.
In 2010, Coombs had a solo exhibit at the Stroke.03 Urban Art Fair in Berlin, and in 2011 he had a solo show, “Expired,” at the Candela Gallery in Munich. In addition, his work has been exhibited in Greece, Indonesia, Germany, and throughout Canada. Coombs’ work has received international exposure in Publications, including Analog Forever, TCHAD, Prism, Frankfurter, PhotoChina, Printausgabe, Junge Kunst, Photoicon, PlayBoy, and more.
Coombs has spent time working on his photographic craft in Saskatoon, Toronto, and Vancouver, Canada. He focuses on people through portraiture and states that people scare and intrigue him equally. Longing to understand people better, Coombs uses his camera to inspect, dissect, and analyze in ways he cannot achieve in personal communication. His art plays the role of creating a more profound observation.

INSTRUMENTAL DOCUMENTATION

The inspiration for the” Instrumental Documentation” series comes from the struggles Coombs has due to his Autism and the inability to recognize emotions and their subtleties and textures on account of having Alexithymia.
As a result of this condition, Coombs is hypersensitive to stimuli and information. Therefore, this series visually embodies aspects of what it is like for the artist to walk through public streets mentally.

Read the full article in Art Market Magazine Issue #80