Insight

I look for visual metaphors in the landscape. My photographs of dramatic cloud formations, sinuous bodies of water, or sensuous trees and foliage articulate my appreciation for the mystery inherent in our world. I use black and white infrared film because it captures both the visible spectrum and the infrared light that lies outside what the human eye can see. This medium accentuates the contrast between light and shadow, enhancing our sense of the unknowable and the mysterious and underscoring the limitations of our perceptions.

Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin studied philosophy, mathematics, and music at Mount Holyoke College and earned a master’s degree from Bryn Mawr College. Ginsburgh Hofkin has had eight solo exhibitions of her photography in Israel, as well as one-person shows at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum in South Hadley, Massachusetts; A.I.R. Gallery in New York City; Weill Art Gallery, 92nd Street Y in New York ; Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia; Nina Bliese Gallery, Minneapolis; and the Quarter Gallery, Regis Center, University of Minnesota. In 2018, she was awarded an artist residency in Iceland.