Photographer’s works on exhibit in March

By Dan AUBRey

Pictures by Ewing photographer Aubrey Kauffman are being featured at an exhibition at the Trenton Free Public Library this month.

The Trenton Artists Workshop Association and the library are presenting the exhibition “Art from Art News Writers and Photojournalists” through March 25.

TAWA is a Greater Trenton nonprofit organization and has a 40-year history organizing exhibits in such venues as the New Jersey State Museum, Trenton City Museum, Artworks Trenton, Prince Street Gallery in New York City, and more.

Kauffman writes arts and photography articles for Community News Service (publisher of the Ewing Observer) and is a past photo and video journalist for New Jersey Network.

His photos focus on the urban landscape and man’s impact on the environment. He was president of TAWA from 1987 through 1996. His work is included in the collections of the NJ State Museum, Rider University, and Johnson and Johnson’s Corporate Headquarters.

Kauffman has been a longtime artistic presence in Trenton and central New Jersey.

“Urban studies have long been a major part of my photographic practice,” Kauffman says. “My work extends from abandoned urban structures and shopping malls to building facades, parks, and ball fields.”

Kauffman says that many of his images are devoid of activity and human interaction.

“I am drawn to these unoccupied spaces because of the architecture and the visual interaction with the surrounding landscape,” he says. “I am also intrigued by the vision that takes shape in my viewfinder. My interest lies not in the portrayal of teams, sports, or players but in the visual elements of where play takes place. For me, ‘It’s not about the game.’”

In addition to exhibiting at Rider University, the New Jersey State Museum, Allentown Art Museum, Newark Museum, and 7th Street Gallery in New York City, Kauffman was a longtime photojournalist for New Jersey Network and gallery manager for Mason Gross School of the Arts Gallery in New Brunswick.

As president for TAWA, he coordinated the regionally important Trenton City Museum exhibition and publication “Trenton Takes: 24 Hours in the City.”

For that project, Kauffman coordinated a team of photographers to capture a simple day of life in the capital city.

Born in Princeton, Kauffman

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