Jenny Riffle

Artist and Photographer in New York

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Past Forward

PCNW August 17 - 31, 2023

This year I made a pinhole photograph of PCNW for their auction. It is a two week exposure of the building from across the street. The Photo Center will not be in this building for much longer (because they are getting a brand new building that is being developed over the next year or two!) but this will always be the building that I got to know this amazing community in. I'm happy I could make an image commemorating this space that I spent so much time in over the last 19 years. I started volunteering in 2004, mixing chemicals and checking out equipment for the B&W darkroom, then I worked on staff for several years and during that time I was printing in the color darkroom and taking classes and workshops. Finally I started teaching here in 2011 after I got my MFA. So many great memories!

Please consider making a bid on this photo in the upcoming Auction Oct 20th to support this amazing organization that has been supporting photography and photographers here in Seattle since the early 1980's, especially as they get ready to move into a new building! Today is the last day to buy tickets and you can already bid make bids online for the silent auction, check out all the work here: https://pcnw.org/benefit/auction-items/

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Chase the Light at Photographic Center NW this Saturday!

Mark your calendar for Saturday, June 17th for the in-person pop-up exhibition, online print sale, and community celebration at PCNW. This event is a great way to discover new photographers and support your home for photography.

Every participant who submitted had their work reviewed by industry professionals and one photograph was selected for inclusion in the pop-up exhibition and print sale. Take home your very own Chase The Light photograph tonight and help raise crucial funds for PCNW. It’s a great way to discover new photographers, expand your collection, and support PCNW.

All photos will be available to purchase online starting June 17th at 6pm PST. Check back here for the link!

6pm – 7pm: all photographs are available at $250

7pm – 8:30pm: all remaining photographs are available at $50

8:30pm to June 25, 2023: all remaining photos will be available for $25 for the following week (June 18th – June 25th)

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Come celebrate this Saturday and see some images from “Its Raining… I Love You” and other books by @minormattersbooks up at Prairie Underground!! ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Repost from @prairieunderground • Please come celebrate! 10 years of local publisher @minormattersbooks this Saturday, Jan 14, 1-7 pm. We will be featuring art and books by @minormattersbooks authors in our space to celebrate ten years of local publisher. Books will be available for purchase, with spontaneous book signing by artist in attendance! And there will be cake! #itsrainingiloveyou https://www.instagram.com/p/CnVRQj-PRrH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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@f4point5collective has a table at BOUND in Cleveland next weekend! Come check out all the books and zines! My two books, my scavenger stereographs and pinhole poster will be for sale at our table! Along with all the great things from the rest of the collective @somaticmint @adairrutledge @todd.forsgren 📔📚📖📓🫶⚡️ (at The Pivot Center for Art, Dance and Expression) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnFj-dqvP00/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Exhibition at Casa Lü

I’m very excited to share some images from the exhibition at the end of my six week residency at Casa Lü in Mexico City! I exhibited a selection of lumen prints and long exposure pinhole images I made while exploring the parks of CDMX.

Cracks Into Other Worlds 

Si no cambiamos la forma en que nos relacionamos con la naturaleza, ¿seremos desterrados de ella?

¿Qué pasaría si todos fuéramos destruidos en un instante? ¿Quedaría algo de nosotros?

Nuestras partículas se hunden en el suelo, enterradas y devoradas por las hambrientas raíces de un árbol. Nos despertamos de nuevo como parte del árbol, altos y fuertes. Nuestras raíces crecen profundamente en el suelo alcanzando el agua limpia debajo de la superficie.

En el futuro somos uno con la naturaleza; somos naturaleza. Soñamos con formas humanas que vagan perdidas por el bosque, pero son solo sueños y ahora nos mantenemos erguidos en un lugar durante toda nuestra vida como un árbol.

Durante las últimas semanas he estado haciendo imágenes estenopeicas de larga exposición en los parques de la Ciudad de México. En lugar de capturar una fracción de segundo como lo haría una fotografía tradicional, capturo muchos días en una sola imagen que borra la presencia humana.

También he hecho estampados de lumen con plantas que encontré por la ciudad. Estas impresiones son impresiones de la naturaleza que parecen sueños. Se desvanecerán lentamente cuando se expongan a la luz, insinuando la impermanencia de todas las cosas.

Solo puedo sentir mi cuerpo cuando miro las hojas marchitas y las ramas dobladas de los árboles

Words by Jenny Riffle

Translated to Spanish by Mariel Vela

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Very excited to be making work at the Casa Lü residency for the next six weeks! ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️Repost from @ca_sa_lu • @jennyriffle (n. 1979, Mt. Vernon, WA) se graduó de Bard College en 2001 con una licenciatura en Fotografía; recibió su MFA en la Escuela de Artes Visuales en 2011. Riffle trabaja con retratos narrativos y paisajes que exploran la esencia psicológica de una persona o lugar. Su trabajo actual explora el poder de la naturaleza con imágenes estenopeicas de larga exposición. Sus fotografías se han exhibido internacionalmente y ha aparecido y fotografiado para numerosas publicaciones en todo el mundo, incluidas WIRED Raw File, Time Lightbox, The Independent, The Guardian, The New York Times, Telegraph Magazine, M Le magazine du Monde, Glamour, NPR y VICE. 📸 by the amazing @nattynattynatnatnat https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck3c_f4u2x-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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54 Photos (and a GIF) That Celebrate Our Glorious Earth

“For Earth Day, The Luupe curates a collection of images that honor the earth, its beauty and the importance of conservation. From sweeping sun-lit landscapes to composting still lifes, these images will remind you why we celebrate Earth Day.“ - @theluupe Happy Earth Day 🌎 I’m happy to have an image included in this collection by The Luupe 💙 https://theluupe.com/blog/2022/04/21/54-photos-and-a-gif-that-celebrate-our-glorious-earth/

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💎Meet Us in the Afterglow💎

The Soil auction 2022 is currently on view @soilart support this collective nonprofit gallery by purchasing something this month! Bidding closes April 30th.

My photo “Mighty Pacific” is up for auction and in very good company-check out all the work in person at Soil this month or online - https://shunpike.cheerfulgiving.com/e/meet-us-in-the-afterglow-soil-auction-2022/jenny-riffle-mighty-pacific

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I shot a few photos for a sweet story about Lunar New Year for the New York Times. Full story here.

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Under the Sun and the Moon

One of my pinhole images has been included in "Under The Sun and The Moon” a show curated by Roula Seikaly and Jon Feinstein at Humble Arts Foundation. I love all the other artist’s beautiful work, very inspiring to be in such good company. 

My image was made with a pinhole camera and it was exposed from Jan-May, 2021. I felt an interesting parallel in how the pinhole captures time, as my concept of time quickly disappeared in the endless days of the pandemic and one day blurred into the next, similarly the pinhole captures many days all blurred together into one image. The only sign of time passing is the trail the sun leaves in the sky each day it comes out.

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💖 Some of my is work featured on Squarespace today! Thanks @squarespace and Will Nielsen 💖

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Seattle-based photographer Jenny Riffle (@jennyriffle) aims to “explore the psychological essence of a person or place.” How would you capture your essence? Swipe through for some inspiration. #emilyonherbirthday #adventuresintreasurehunting

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REAL TIME/REEL TIME: Aliens, Princesses, & Jenny’s Sister opens today @ryniker_morrison_gallery in Billings MT and I will be showing my Emily series! 🦋

On View from October 8th-29th, 2021

Reception: October 8 , 5:00-7:00PM

Real Time / Reel Time unites work of the f/4.5 Collective, including work by three of the artists in the collective, M.M.M., Jenny Riffle, and Adair Rutledge. It was curated by the fourth member (and Rocky Mountain College Gallery Director and Assistant Professor of Art) Todd Forsgren.

I have been photographing my sister Emily since the day I picked up a camera. She has been my most constant muse. I have watched her steady gaze through my lens change as she grew up and slowly became more and more aware of herself and her own image. My sister and I are eleven years apart, which allowed me to watch her from a distance, instead of going through the same growing pains she was as a child and young adult. I compared and contrasted our lives and I studied her with special intensity and fascination as she grew into a young woman, losing the innocence of childhood. I began taking a photo of Emily every year around her birthday, starting in 2005 when she turned 15. Emily is now 31 years old. In 2013 she brought her girlfriend Sarah home with her and I decided to include her in the photo for that year, and every year since, but I also shot Emily alone those years not sure what I would want in a final edit. Seeing the progression of birthday photos shows how my sister has changed over the years, but in the end, for me she will always encompass all the images at once. I will remember her equally as the fifteen year old and as the woman she is now.

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COLLECTIVE VISION: PCNW’S AUCTION PREVIEW EXHIBITION IS UP NOW!

On View: September 23 – October 21, 2021

Reception: October 7 5:00-6:30pm VIP ticket holder and artist meet and greet 6:30-8:30pm general public

From the PCNW website: 

“United by a desire to view the world through a lens, the artists and works in Collective Vision speak to the dichotomy of uniqueness within a shared medium. All of the artists in this exhibition have, in one way or another, a special connection to PCNW—whether as a visiting artist, student, educator, or exhibiting artist—demonstrating the strength of community and photography. Viewers are invited to consider each photograph’s beauty among the power of the collective. This auction preview exhibition highlights the artists that will be featured at our annual Benefit & Auction. All works will be available in either the silent auction (October 7 – 22), or live auction on October 22nd.”

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BOOK REVIEW BY RAFAEL SOLDI ON STRANGE FIRE

“As if plucked from a coming-of-age film, Riffle and Landreth’s photographs picture women on the edge of ‘something.’ Their confidence is youthful and innocent, and yet there is longing—an appetite for answers, a curiosity, a search for love and belonging. […] The excitement in these photographs—the tension, the rebelliousness—feels born out of what they’ve yet to know. There’s a clearly buoyant enjoyment of the present, but the essence feels rooted in the future, in the endless possibilities of queer world-building. […] As a queer person I cannot help but think of the ways in which we learn to code-switch at an early age—the cream, the sugar on our deviant identities—and the enduring self-awareness of our public and private selves. In this way, we can consider the envelopes and the letters as the artists’ outward and inner selves”

-http://www.strangefirecollective.com/book-reviews#/book-review-molly-landreth-jenny-riffle/

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Narrative in Photography - Fall 2021 at PCNW

Time to sign up for fall classes at Photographic Center Northwest! Come take my class on narrative in photography! We will be looking at the history of photography and storytelling through photographic images. You will explore your own storytelling techniques through weekly assignments based on the work we see. Just a few days left to register! Class meets Thursday evenings 6-9pm for ten weeks starting Sept. 23, 2021.

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Want more Jenny and Molly? There will be an in-person meet and greet and PRINT SALE this Friday at @threetreesbooks in Burien, WA from 5:00-7:00 PM. We still have many unique signed prints from “It's Raining,” yours for only $100! See you all there!

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INSIDE OUT at Photographic Center Northwest: My pieces "Two Faces, Which Way?", various sizes (wall laminate with framed photograph) and “These Arms Reaching” 40x32 inches, currently on view @photocenternw in the Inside Out exhibition closing tomorrow! Last chance to see the show! Come by the closing reception Thursday June 10th 6-8pm #pcnw #pushpullcollective (at Photographic Center Northwest) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP7PYg2lK00/?utm_medium=tumblr