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Transient Surreality

Inspired by Rick Rubin's exploration of purposeless creation in The Creative Act, I found profound liberation within play and experimentation. 'Transient Surreality' a visual odyssey born from my immersion in countless hotel beds, transforming transient spaces into a canvas for expression. Capturing the bed's essence, unraveling symbolism tethered to adventure, a moment of unbridled freedom within solitary encounters. We witness uncharted territories where dreams and reality beautifully entwine, inviting contemplation on the ineffable connections between our waking and slumbering worlds.

Richard Pilnick works with photography as a way of seeing, not only the world in front of the lens, but the interior landscape we carry within. His portraits and studies of people are less about capturing an image and more about entering a conversation: a threshold between self and other.

Over twenty-five years he has photographed across four continents, from mountain communities in the Himalayas to concrete plants in Luxembourg, from hotel rooms in Vienna and San Francisco to fishing villages in southern India.