Artist Profile: Caleb Cain Marcus
Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb
Caleb Cain Marcus
b. 1978
"Space, the immaterial element that connects the universe, can appear almost invisible and yet there are exceptional moments when the façade of our reality dissolves to give way to something extraordinary and obviously interwoven.” - Caleb Cain Marcus
Caleb Cain Marcus is a New York City-based photographer. His images often include cityscapes that capture light, color, and texture. Growing up in the mountains of Colorado, Marcus’ photographs explore themes of environmental justice or injustice through depictions of nature, people, and the invisible.
In 2013, Marcus completed a 1,500-mile-long trip along the Ganges River in India. Whether the river is visible in the image or not, its presence remains the main subject of each photograph, from haze above modern constructions to seemingly endless miles of what many who live along the river consider holy water. The colors and atmospheric conditions create a presence of air and space in each image. Marcus’s images have been captured in a book titled “Goddess.”
Caleb Cain Marcus, Water, Trees, Earth, and Space, archival pigment print, 2013, 2020.46.72.
Caleb Cain Marcus, Humans, Earth, Water, and Space, archival pigment print, 2013, 2020.46.69.
Caleb Cain Marcus, Water, Trees, Humans, and Space, archival pigment print, 2013. 2020.46.73.