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Brooklyn-based artist and photographer working across photography, philosophy, and craft. A Pratt Institute graduate, his work examines the peculiarities of contemporary life, treating everyday environments as sites of reflection and inquiry. He also collaborates on creative commercial projects and serves as Editor-in-Chief of Partitia Press.
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AMERICAN STEEL

AMERICAN STEEL is a visual response to the present moment, reexamining the past to illuminate our contemporary reality. Using found color photography from 1942, a time mythologized as America’s “greatest,” this project reframes history through a modern lens, revealing the complexities, contradictions, and overlooked truths of the time. Through the lens of the present, these images take on an unsettling familiarity, revealing the illusions of progress and cycles that refuse to break. History does not rest; It endures, echoes, and persists. AMERICAN STEEL is a fractured reflection of our current time, revealing where we’ve been and the unsettling path we are on.

For inquiries email: JohnCushmanphoto@gmail.com