Capturing the Rhythms of Childhood
At his first-ever solo exhibition in Japan, photographer Mark Steinmetz immerses us in quiet, sun-drenched portraits of childhood. Captured during the late 80s and early 90s across North Carolina, Georgia, Massachusetts and beyond, these black-and-white photographs focus on classic pillars of American youth — baseball and summer camp. Steinmetz captured these scenes while in his 20s, drawn to the way children live entirely in the moment. These shots take us back to the slow, wandering pace of a summer before smartphones.
Based in Athens, Georgia, Steinmetz earned his MFA from Yale and spent a formative year working with street photographer Garry Winogrand. He is best known for his quiet and restrained depictions of everyday life in the American South, finding profound beauty in the most mundane moments.
