Utilizing large format cameras to visually intensify their chosen subjects, these artists
transcend narrative description and thus transform our vision, causing us to consider the motifs they photograph in different and novel ways.
Yet, Kahn's pointed concentration on hue and luminescence moves beyond the constraints of abstract expressionism, in which his teacher worked, to a kind of representation that artfully
transcends overt
description or
narrative, even while maintaining a kind of painterly lyricism hinged entirely on color and its unique application.