Category Archives: Birthe Piontek

Birthe Piontek's Sub Rosa

Sub Rosa invites us to remember.No point in life is as replete with emotion, frustration, and expectation as that stage between youth and adulthood.  Adolescence--framed by the loss of innocence, the need to belong, and the longing to be different--seems... Read More »

The lyrical and the profane

From the intimacy of adolescence and the vulnerability of youth to the disquiet implicit in the formal elegance of unassembled aircraft models, the photographic image has long served as agency for the lyrical and the profane.In May Days Long Forgotten,... Read More »