NUMBERS, the first monograph by photographer Stephen Best, available mid-August 2025. This collection of images edited down from over fifteen plus thousand negatives into 128 captivating pages.
A unique view from the years Best immersed himself in eighties New York.
Best’s photographs capture aspects that New Yorkers daily took for granted. Little evidence otherwise exists. Keith Haring chalk drawings in the subways, desolate urban ‘scapes, a city that few people noticed as the struggled through.
Capturing slices through his unique lens. Each image filled with raw reality, making this book an essential companion for art lovers.
What makes Numbers unique? It intimately transforms the mundane into the extraordinary. Stephen's sophisticated eye captured moments that resonate with a New York that not many noticed..
Limited copies are available from mid August 2025 — secure your piece of photographic history and celebrate Stephen Best's photography.
Pre-order NUMBERS today.
Contemporary image-making practice has transformed into a dynamic and fluid process.These compelling accounts emerged from a deep-seated need to share artistic expressions beyond the traditional constraints imposed by the gallery system. Stephen Best's endless exhibitions serve as a testament to his commitment to exploring and expanding the boundaries of photographic artistry.
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It is with the gaze from Ned Kelly’s helmet that I began to look at his landscape. A narrow slit — his self imposed panavision.
This vision is then immersed & melded with the perspective of an aboriginal dreamscape — most specifically from the Yarralin Tribe — from far north-western Australia.
It is the duality of Australian myth & the Yarralin Aborigines, the inclusion of the figure of Ned Kelly within both cultures which has resulted in these images.
A poignant homage to the unexpected nature of death. These striking images vividly capture the paths of countless individuals, each memorialized in poignant totems of remembrance carefully placed at roadside crash scenes.
Taken at the time of my mother's passing, these photographs serve as a testament to loss. In some way, they represent my personal "thoughts and prayers," reflecting the deep emotions and memories that such moments evoke.
“ After all, if everything is a record of itself, then what is the difference between the physical thing and a perfectly accurate simulation of it?"
These images investigates the intersection of realities.
“Things of Stone & Wood” represents a profound continuation of my enduring fascination with the impermanence of my existence as a thoughtful flâneur navigating through this intricate life.
This exploration delves deeper into the transient beauty that surrounds us, capturing fleeting moments that resonate with the essence of our experience.
