EVER ONWARD: CHAPTER 2 

Photographs by Tice Lerner

1 May - 30 May 2015

Opening Reception: May 1st, 2015 | 6-9pm

About the exhibition:

Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts is pleased to present our second solo exhibition with one of the most compelling street photographers of the 21st century, Tice Lerner.  Through his project, EVER ONWARD, Lerner's work focuses on the rust belt of Upstate New York in and around the areas of Binghamton, NY. His work is exhibited exclusively through Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts who has featured his work at international art fairs such as Art Greenwich, ArtHamptons, Art Palm Beach and the Palm Springs Fine Art Fair.  In 2012, Lerner was the recipient of the LIGHT WORK Grant in Photography.  

Artist Statement:

There are people we see every day but never greet. Streets we pass but would not walk on. My impetus is to walk those streets and interact with such individuals. Street photography is not watching a crowd, it’s becoming part of the crowd. I don’t think there is a better way to truly appreciate the people I photograph until I have walked on the same pavement that they have. Each photograph is a glimpse of my personal experience with my subjects—up-close and candid, for better or worse.

My photographs are from an ongoing series, EVER ONWARD, that chronicles my up-close and personal encounters with the inhabitants of Binghamton, New York. This area, once a well-off manufacturing town for defense during the Cold War and founding city of IBM, has long been economically depressed. It was well known that in the heyday of Binghamton, IBM had some of their largest factories nearby. In that bygone era, large companies were cradle to grave multigenerational employers that were more like countries than corporations. Binghamton “IBMers” would show their pride by singing their corporate anthems daily—one of which was called “Ever Onward.” IBM, like the rest of these large companies, have long left Binghamton, leaving behind chemical spills and economic disparities.

Opening night