The Overexposure portrait series, shot during Art Basel, is photographer Greg Kessler’s reaction to the hype and frenzy that the festival is bathed in, but not necessarily in a bad way. What was once a small art festival in Miami has exploded into a yearly gathering of people directly or indirectly connected to the fair. The artists, gallerists, collectors, and passers-by shot for this project were selected by chance encounters and recommendations from friends and other artists. They are seen standing before a media-ready world, which is poised to get behind them and project them forward. By overexposing them in the photographs, we no longer see what surrounds them. In fact we can barely make out where they are at all.
Above photo: Aaron Young and Laure Heriard Dubreuil
Adrian Brody
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Ben Aranda
Mr. Brainwash
Victor Glemaud and Camilla Starck
Carlton DeWoody
Chiara Clemente
Dennis Hoekstra
Ildo Damiano
Jenne Lombardo
Johnnie Walker
Jus Ske
Justin Lowe
Laure Heriard Dubreuil
Massimo DeCarlo
Matthu Placek
Michelle Harper
Piper and Mickey
Sam and Dawn Goldworm
Scott Campbell
Sheryl Schwartz
Garrick Gott
