John Chiara at Yossi Milo Gallery

John Chiara’s New York photos – shot with homemade cameras large enough to accommodate big sheets of negative photo paper – bring apocalyptic drama to the city streets. Here, a glowing Hearst Tower hovers menacingly behind a vulnerable-looking walkup as Chiara lends familiar buildings a new character. (At Yossi Milo Gallery in Chelsea through May 21st).

John Chiara, W56th Street at 9th Ave, West, negative chromogenic print, approx. 50 x 30 inches, unique, 2016.
John Chiara, W56th Street at 9th Ave, West, negative chromogenic print, approx. 50 x 30 inches, unique, 2016.