Public Program
Employing a 3×3 format with nine square images on each page, Fulford groups his photographs by idiosyncratic features such as color palette, slogans, distinctive shadows, and geometric shape. Untethered by location, style, or time, they move between coherence and collision in reflection of the varying order and disorder of the world. An empty laundrette, a lone park bench, and a cascading waterfall are among the many sights that find new resonance in Fulford’s wry and illuminating compositions, revealing beauty among endless production and consumption.
About the Artist:
Jason Fulford is an American photographer, publisher and educator, based in Brooklyn, New York City and Scranton, PA. He is a Guggenheim Fellow, a frequent lecturer at universities, and has led workshops across the globe. Fulford is co-founder (with Leanne Shapton) of J&L Books, where he is publisher, editor and book designer. The primary format for Fulford’s artistic practice is the book, his output in this medium including Sunbird (2000), Crushed (2003), Raising Frogs For $$$ (2006), The Mushroom Collector (2010), Hotel Oracle (2013), Picture Summer on Kodak Film (2020) The Heart is a Sandwich (2022) and Everything Must Go (2023), to name just a few. He is co-author with Tamara Shopsin of the photobook for children, This Equals That (2014), and co-editor with Gregory Halpern of The Photographer’s Playbook (2014). He is co-editor (with Julie Ault and Jordan Weitzman) of Ordinary Things Will Be Signs For Us: Photographs by Corita (2023), and editor of Bruno Munari 47 Fotos (2024). He has had a solo exhibition at Minneapolis Institute of Art. Fulford is a frequent contributor to The Atlantic, Harper’s, Aperture, The New Yorker, and The New York Times.