Aperture releases limited-edition David Benjamin Sherry photogram from Pink Genesis series

Aperture has introduced a special print by David Benjamin Sherry, named Death Valley, California, 2012, from his Pink Genesis series. This series showcases vibrant, cameraless color photograms made using classic darkroom techniques. Sherry employs cardboard masks to form shapes and occasionally incorporates his own figure, connecting to photographic history and nodding to artists like Josef Albers and Robert Rauschenberg. Inspired by James Bidgood's 1971 film Pink Narcissus, it explores themes of queer imagination and fantasy in intimate settings. Lucy Gallun, an associate curator at MoMA, discusses these ideas in an accompanying essay. The print, sized at 20 x 16 inches with an image of 18 x 13 3/4 inches, is limited to 20 copies plus 3 artist proofs, all signed. Born in 1981, Sherry lives in Santa Fe and has degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design and Yale. His works are part of various prestigious collections, and orders will ship from New York in 3–5 days.