Chris Poullos:
Urban Portraits
May 2 - June 30, 2024
@ Gary Manuel Salon / Smith Tower
Featured Image: “Tokyo”, manipulated and layered photograph, 12”x12”, 2024, Chris Poullos
Urban Portraits
Artist’s Statement:
I am a photographer, and specifically, a street photographer. I have wondered the streets of Seattle and other cities since I was in my 20’s and still do today, photographing anything that catches my interest. Over the years my focus, excuse the pun, has changed and evolved but one area of interest has remained constant for me : urban decay and finding the beauty in that decay. The images presented here consist of decaying billboards, posters, advertising, flyers, graffiti and street art. These can be found all around the urban environment trying to catch your attention. After they are posted, they rapidly decay with the help of mother nature through wind, rain and sunlight. Within this decay I look for people looking out from it. I capture these decaying people, repurpose them into Photoshop, then layer, manipulate, and create something new and, I hope, pleasant to look at! I call these images Urban Portraits.
Chris Poullos
Website : www.chrispoullos.com
Instagram : @chrispoullos
I am a self-taught street photographer who lives and works in Seattle. I have traveled extensively throughout the world and always with a camera in hand. I shoot both film and digital with various cameras as well as my phone.
08/1991 - King County Arts Commission solo show: Large format ( 4x5) abstract photographs of the Seattle building boom of the late 1980’s. The only photographer selected that year for a show.
04/1993 - Romper Room Gallery group show: Street photography
07/1993 - Torrefazione Coffee Shop: Street photographs from cities in Italy
09/2017 - Macrina Bakery, SODO and Belltown: Urban Portraits
05/2018. - Macrina Bakery, SODO and Belltown: Urban Portraits
07/2018 - Art / Not Terminal, Seattle Center: Two Photographers show with Mark Gordon
08/2021 - Macrina Bakery SODO and Belltown: Stop Hate. Street photographymfrom cities I have visited. A commentary of eliminating HATE in our world
11/2022 - Macrina Bakery SODO and Belltown: Seattle in the 80's. Architectural photographs
CoCA ShowWalls is a show opportunity for CoCA Artist in partnership with local businesses.
Public Viewing at Gary Manual Salon:
Tues 8-6:30, Wed 8:30-7:30, Thu 9-7, Fri 8:30-7:30, Sat 8-6
528 2nd Avenue Seattle, WA 98104