Suzanne Opton at Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

New York photographer Suzanne Opton creates a surprisingly intimate situation between gallery visitors and her subjects – soldiers who are back in the US after a tour of duty in Iraq or Afghanistan. Reclining on a flat surface, their presence and vulnerability is palpable. (At Sikkema Jenkins & Co in Chelsea through July 18th).

Suzanne Opton, installation view at Sikkema Jenkins & Co, June 2014.