Thomas Holton/Sasha Wolf Gallery

Currently on view at the Sasha Wolf Gallery (10 Leonard Street in Manhattan) are documentary images from photographer Thomas Holton’s body of work depicting the “Lams of Ludlow Street,” a Chinese immigrant family that lives in a small apartment in downtown New York City.

Holton began photographing this family while a graduate student in the MFA Photography program at the School of Visual Arts. The show, currently on view until April 26, includes a carefully curated selection of images that evoke a strong “day in the life” sensibility that results in a powerful sense of authenticity. Small, seemingly mundane daily rituals, such as a parent giving her children a bath, sharing a family meal gathered around the kitchen table, or watching television together are transformed far beyond basic family snapshots and into beautiful and telling moments that describe the human condition.

Thomas Holton/Sasha Wolf Gallery

Thomas Holton/Sasha Wolf Gallery

At a time when a strong sense of authenticity and human connection are becoming more and more desirable by advertising and creative industry clients, this gallery exhibition is a strong example of authentic work of a very high visual caliber.

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