April 17-June 13, 2015. All photographs by Jean-Christian Rostagni


We are pawns of forces that control us. In a best case scenario the forces of nature, which in the spring are irresistibly potent, yield tantalizing desires, romantic as well as political.  The new show at the Church of Photography celebrates these seemingly different pulses which are ruled by two fundamentals of human life: sex and power.

The show presents photographs curated for this show and which while from various subjects and origin, follow a non-monolithic thread.  One characteristic of Jean-Christian Rostagni's work is that his photographs, while superficially different, carry in fact enough common grounds that they may be arranged together in different fashions and produce as a group an impact following different themes.

Jean-Christian Rostagni makes all his frames, which he typically mills from wood boards issued from local forestries. He designs his moldings, assembles and finish them, and in the case of wood stained finishes uses the most environmentally friendly products available, including natural oils and resins. His state of the art frames feature Museum glass and make each piece unique.