Adam Ekberg

Adam Ekberg (American, b. 1975) Aberration #12 2011 Archival inkjet print 10 x 12 1/2 inch image on 14 x 17 inch paper Signed edition of 50   Adam Ekberg's photographs capture brief moments of lyrical beauty in everyday objects and the artist's understated, ephemeral interventions in his surroundings. His work offers a muted suggestion of a mystical presence around us, whether glimpsed in floating smoke rings or iridescent soap bubbles resting delicately on the grass. In his Aberrationseries Ekberg photographs a forest's leafy canopy while aiming his camera toward the sun. As the light streams through the foliage, it refracts through his camera's lens, yielding perfect concentric circles of translucent color in his photographs. The center of each image is a bright white glow, surrounded by thin rings of yellow and red, and beyond them wider bands of green and blue. This phenomenon is a phantom presence rather than a physical one, existing only within Ekberg's camera. These vivid aberra