A special exhibit booth of photographs by Ryan Schude. Schude is known for his large-scale, single-frame tableaux that are packed with sophisticated action – mingling surrealism and Americana with a touch of contemporary humor. In this latest body of work, Schude’s subjects intermingle with monumental exterior environments. Often viewed from a heightened perspective, forces of nature become part of each character’s open narrative.

Schude has been featured internationally and nationally in exhibits and publications including the cover of the Smithonian magazine’s Norman Rockwell edition. Recently he collaborated with Laura Miner on a Tableau Vivant for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art which highlighted the employees and their artwork created outside the museum as the subjects of the narrative. This project is part of a larger series involving photographs of individuals in institutions as a documentation of a ‘Happening’ in the photographic process.