"Cubic Feet/Sec." ASU Alumni Artist Talk by Andrew Phelps
Join ASU faculty, students and guests for the first photo event of the fall semester. ASU alumnus Andrew Phelps will present his new work in professor Bill Jenkins' class. Phelps grew up in Higley, Arizona, and after earning his degrees, moved to Salzburg, Austria in 1990 where he works at the Fotohof, an international center for fine art photography that has a library and gallery hosting seven to 10 international exhibitions per year.
Phelps' newest body of work, "Cubic Feet/Sec.," the rate at which flowing water is measured in a river, documents nine trips by boat through the Grand Canyon which Phelps made with his father and friends from 1979-2013. Cameras would become fixed elements of every Grand Canyon trip, with thousands of images documenting over four decades of travel. For the first time, this deep archive has been edited to tell the story of one trip through the canyon. Time is thrown out the window as Phelps and his father grow older and the canyon stays the same. More than an adventure story of rafting through the canyon, CFS serves as a visual diary documenting these two lives in a beautiful, ancient landscape.
Students, faculty and the local community are invited to join Jenkins' class. Please arrive a few minutes early to get a good seat.