Bill Pusztai "Downtown East Side" opens Friday Feb. 7 at garner narrative

Bill Pusztai
Downtown East Side

February 7 - March 28
First Friday Feb. 7, 11 am - 9 pm

Bill Pusztai [b. 1965] is a Canadian photographer with a studio in Vancouver B.C. 

In Downtown East Side, he takes us on an intimate and honest guided tour of his city; it's both different and intensely familiar. "One tends to think of social issues as local, but many of these will resonate with people from any large enough city in North America."

Pusztai's fourteen photographs are accompanied by text, providing context and motivation for his creative choices. 

I tried here to evoke human issues without photographing people; I wanted to avoid the kind of show that depicts people as A Hooker, A Homeless, A Drug User, etc. Many have tried doing these sorts of photos, sometimes completely uncaring of how they treated the subjects, but even with the utmost care to humanise and interact, it's still A Picture Of A Hooker. I'll gladly take their portrait, but it's going to be a portrait of Debbie, not a Transgender Indian Hooker.

This is Pusztai's fourth solo show at garner narrative. Past shows were in 2014 (Preaching to the Converted review), 2016 (Attachments review) and 2018 (Unnatural Affections press). 

Pusztai also took part in the Louisville Photo Biennial in 2011 (Three Portraits of Tom A.), 2013 (Seven Sins, part of Moral Matters review), and 2019 (Marshall and Dana, part of Our Eyes press).

This exhibit is supported by the Louisville Photo Biennial, which now fosters year-round public conversations—about and through photography—with exhibitions, lectures, workshops and panel discussions.

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