Get Closer - Ryan Van Winkle

In his latest collection, Ryan Van Winkle uses photographs�to access themes of abandonment, generational�incomprehension and the very notion of how we end up�where we are. This collection is a poetic photo album. Through these poems, Van Winkle looks at life through�a lens - to get closer - to meditate on the anxieties and insecurities of a life. He reckons with how we remember and misremember, and how memories and people can be difficult,�and at times painful, to hold on to. In reading this collection it becomes clear that while photographs can be carefully ordered,�the emotions and impressions surrounding them cannot.