jon lardizabal’s purposeful composition stems from his background in kinesiology. observation of an athlete’s injury and the meticulous process of returning an athlete to play translated effortlessly to the traditional darkroom practices and detailing a subject’s relation to its surroundings within a frame during his self-taught photography classes. the discovery of artists such as Leonard Freed, René Magritte, Lillian Bassman, and Elliott Erwitt would captivate jon to the point of creating an in-house darkroom to explore the black and white aesthetic alongside surrealist characteristics. he has received honors at various open calls and shows such as the 17th Pollux Awards, Medium Festival’s Size Matters Juried Exhibition, and the Athenaeum’s 23rd Annual Juried Show where his work has been described as technically sound and being reminiscent of imagery from Magnum photographers in the 1970’s/1980’s.
his current efforts are focused on refining his projects to take on the form as artist books to stray away from traditional museum installations and explore alternate routes of presenting photographs in a way where viewers can hold and observe the photographs as they please.
