fine photographic prints from the eye of a leading scenic and experience designer.
all images printed on high-quality archival art papers for vivid, bold, lasting artworks.
also featuring unique, photo-based mixed-media experimental work for those seeking something extra.
explore collections below.
MOMENTS OF TRANSITION IN PLACE, SPACE, MATERIAL & CUSTOM
MOMENTS OF HISTORICAL, MATERIAL, OR EMOTIONAL RESONANCE TIED TO LOCATION
MOMENTS OF INTERVENTION IN THE MATERIALITY OF OTHERS
MOMENTS OF MATERIAL ORGANIZATION IN THE LIVES OF PLACES AND OBJECTS
VISUAL EXPERIMENTS:
PHOTOGRAPHIC OVERLAY ONTO FOUND SOURCE MATERIAL,
AND MIXED MEDIA DEEPENING OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS
all images are carefully printed on a selection of high-quality, archival art papers for vivid, bold, lasting artworks.
every photo is printed in the artist’s studio and personally shipped directly to your door.
see our in-home gallery for some examples.
your piece comes printed on one of three fine-art papers, specially chosen for each image to most effectively capture its contemplative idiosyncrasies.
the default purchase method is an unframed print, signed by the artist.
each piece is offered in a variety of optimal sizes.
a standardized framing is available for those seeking a ready-to-hang option.
for those seeking alternative paper choices, custom print sizes, or custom framing, please send us an inquiry to discuss available possibilities.
the studio is thick in our continued exploration of unique photographic interventions — shooting specific photos to be printed on vintage found objects, employing destructive techniques borrowed from intaglio to treat printed photos, and using a vast arsenal of mixed media to amend and deepen the appearances of photographic images on the page.
more experiments are emerging from the studio every day — sign up for updates to watch the process of exploration unfold! you’ll also periodically receive special offers and free test prints.
American artist Shawn Ketchum Johnson focused his creative endeavors on design for live performance and architecture for audience experience. Recently, seeking a way back to one-on-one, object-based viewership from the world of live audiences, he turned back to a much older creative activity: photography.
Though Shawn’s history with photography is complicated — having at times put it aside entirely out of experiential distrust — it has long been an important creative outlet. And in looking for a new way to connect as a visual artist with viewers, using the lessons learned from experience design, photography has coalesced for him into a meaningful practice with deep, communicative clarity.
This current work finds its strength in its meditative mission. Observant to the point of distraction, Shawn lives largely unable to filter out the minute details of his surroundings. In earlier days, he used his camera to simply document the minutiae that others failed to notice, to carry it into their experience and enrich their worldview. Now, however, each photograph captures a process — not a documentation of something noticed by the photographer, but a conversation between he and a viewer about why he noticed it in the first place, why it bears noticing, and an approximation of how it felt to sit with and appreciate it.
Images, like words, are imprecise communicators. In this new work, Shawn has found a way as an artist to sit quietly with you, the viewer, and exchange interpretations about experience. Each piece is a conversation — one he can’t wait to have with you.
