The Precipice by Tony Chirinos

APRIL 1 - MAY 7, 2023

Opening Reception Friday, March 31st, 6-8 PM
Sat. April 1st, Tony Chirinos in conversation with Stephen Hilger, 4:30-5:30 PM
Followed by a book signing of The Precipice with Tony Chirinos, 5:30-6 PM

Over the last forty years, the Miami-based photographer Tony Chirinos has explored death and the vulnerability of life, culminating in this exhibition of photographs from his first monograph The Precipice. The images from nearly two decades spent working as a biomedical photographer thread the needle between the delicacy and sometimes brutality of the world of surgical intervention. The exhibition is broken into three main bodies: vibrant typologies of exquisitely photographed tools, surgical photographs of living subjects, and the journey to the afterlife. The show draws back the curtain onto a world that most of us never see, where human fragility and resilience coexist in an uneasy equilibrium.

About the Artist:

Tony Chirinos received a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University. He trained as a biomedical photographer in 1985 at Miami Children’s Hospital and, in 1989, he created the Medical photography department at Baptist Health Systems. Chirinos is a fellow of the South Florida Cultural Consortium and recipient of the Callanan Excellence in Teaching Award. He was awarded the William Talbott Hillman Foundation grant to financially assist in the printing production of his first monograph The Precipice. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. He has participated in the III Bronx Latin American Art Biennial. His photographic series have been featured in The Washington Post, photo eye, Nueva Luz, Slate, Daily Mail, Business Insider, and Fotofilmic to name a few. Chirinos was among 100 photographers who participated in Review Santa Fe 2012, 2018 and 2019. His work is in the collections of Candela Collection, CPW, Light Work, Photographic Center Northwest, Enfoco, and Mount Sinai Medical Center to name a few. Mr. Chirinos is a professor of photography at Miami Dade College.