StiyaStiya is the newest body of work from the Brooklyn based artist, Cole Barash. He uses a unique hyper focused approach in a study of two pure forms of raw energy, a Nor'Easter storm and the birth of a child. Through composition and sequence, this work considers the experience of these two worlds as one. At first, I hadnt made the connection between the two events and was naturally drawn out into photographing the storm and the aftermath. I spent a few

"We were born into this situation

one of Bangladesh’s most respected photojournalists

a couple of years after the first call

"This is the work of a photographer of genius recreating the discardable mystery of his past

” Cole writes about his still-lifes

she sits before the camera with a shutter release in hand

a body hovering in the darkness

This film has a nominal sensitivity of ISO 160/23° and is particularly well-suited to portrait

dark woods and resting groves Simonato makes extraordinary findings in the seemingly common surroundings

through complex assemblages of portraiture

Throughout almost all of it

the project launched at the PGH Photo Fair at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh (May 2016)