Now reading: Brian Merriam
Share
, opens in a new tab , opens in a new tab , opens in a new tab
PrevNext
March 26, 2016

Brian Merriam

Brian Merriam (b. 1982) is a photographer living in Brooklyn, New York. He has no formal training in photography, instead coming to the art form as a means to document his search for the idea of nowhere, both inside and out. In his work, landscape, color and figure serve as both subject and metaphor, while aiming to evoke feelings of loneliness and longing. 

Two landscape photos: left, waterfall with rainbow over misty cliffs; right, empty road leading toward a bright horizon under storm cloudsIceland 2012. Montana 2015.

Abandoned red cabin in a dry desert plain with scrub brush and distant mesas, framed by out-of-focus barbed wire in the foregroundNew Mexico 2014

Silhouetted figure standing on a sand dune with hair blowing against a bright blue skyNew Mexico 2016

Yellow diamond road sign reading 'ABANDONED' with bullet holes standing on a post in a leafless forestUpstate New York 2014

Person standing waist-deep in a misty pool, looking over their shoulder in soft lavender lightMontana 2013

Close-up of long hair strands hanging in the foreground over a grainy desert landscape with distant sandstone buttesUtah 2016

Marshland with dark water and red-tinted grasses leading to a distant glacier framed by low mountains under a cloudy skyIceland 2012

California 2014 

Figure emerging from misty water, head and shoulders visible amid pale foggy lightMontana 2013

Two-panel photo, left: crossed legs on rippled sand in cool blue light; right: eroded desert rock under pale skyNew Mexico 2016. Utah 2015. Purchase print here.

Power line towers receding across a dark desert plain at sunset with warm-toned hills in the backgroundArizona 2015 

Person walking alone across wind-sculpted sand dune under pale cloudy skyNew Mexico 2014. Purchase print here.

Small person swimming in a calm river surrounded by steep, arid canyon cliffs under a hazy skyIdaho 2014

Diptych: person floating in sun-speckled water by reeds; aerial view of a lone rock and footprints on pale sandTexas 2016. Purchase print here. New Mexico 2016.

 Semi truck on a road cutting through rolling sand dunes in a hazy desert landscapeCalifornia 2014

Abandoned farmhouse standing alone in a dry field in Oregon, flanked by leafless trees under a pale blue skyOregon 2014

Waterfall cascading between rocky cliffs with mist and a pale pink film, Iceland landscape evoking solitudeIceland 2012

Leave a comment

All comments are moderated before being published