Paying Attention
At the Fairmont Pacific Rim

With works by
Berenice Abbott
William Eggleston
Walker Evans
Fred Herzog
Geoffrey James
Vivian Maier
George Tice
In collaboration with Westbank’s Pacific Gallery at the Fairmont Pacific Rim, Equinox Gallery is pleased to present Paying Attention, a group exhibition featuring the work of Berenice Abbott, William Eggleston, Walker Evans, Fred Herzog, Geoffrey James, Vivian Maier and George Tice. This exhibition looks at photographers whose work articulates fleeting, often overlooked moments in the evolution of their urban environments during periods of rapid growth and transition. Spanning several cities over the past 100 years, these photographers are united in the understanding that what is most familiar in modern life is often what is most impermanent, and its significance may only be felt once it has disappeared.
As wanderers through the city, the photographers in this exhibition utilize varying aesthetic strategies to present an alchemy of past, present, and future within a single image. From Berenice Abbott’s striking architectural images of New York City in the 1930s to Fred Herzog’s early colour scenes of a growing Vancouver on the precipice of modernity in the 1950s, the photographers in Paying Attention each explore the large and small ways our environments are shaped and reshaped over time.
Presented by Equinox Gallery for the Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver.

Installation View, 2023

Installation View, 2023

Installation View, 2023

Installation View, 2023

Fred Herzog

Hub & Lux

1958

Archival pigment print
Edition of 20

  • Image size: 20" x 30"
Fred Herzog

Arthur Murray

1960

Archival pigment print
Edition of 20

  • Image size: 20" x 30"
Fred Herzog

Hastings & Carrall

1968

Archival pigment print
Edition of 20

  • Image size: 20" x 30"
Fred Herzog

Granville Street from Granville Bridge

1966

Archival pigment print
Edition of 20

  • Image size: 19 1/2" x 30"
Fred Herzog

Granville/Robson

1959

Archival pigment print
Edition of 20

  • Image size: 19 1/2" x 30"
Fred Herzog

Granville/Smythe

1959

Archival pigment print
Edition of 20

  • Image size: 19 1/2" x 30"
Berenice Abbott

Gun Smith & Police Department

c. 1935, printed 1979

Silver gelatin print
Edition 17/60

  • Image size: 15 1/4" x 19 1/4"
Berenice Abbott

Columbus Circle

c. 1935, printed 1979

Silver gelatin print
Edition 17/60

  • Image size: 15 1/4" x 19 1/4"
Berenice Abbott

Treasury Building from J.P. Morgan’s Office

c. 1935, printed 1979

Silver gelatin print
Edition 17/60

  • Image size: 15 1/4" x 19 1/4"
Berenice Abbott

Snuff Shop

c. 1935, printed 1979

Silver gelatin print
Edition 17/60

  • Image size: 15 1/4" x 19 1/4"
Berenice Abbott

Rothman's Pawnshop

c. 1935, printed 1979

Silver gelatin print
Edition 17/60

  • Image size: 15 1/4" x 19 1/4"
Berenice Abbott

Sumner Healey Antique Shop

c. 1935, printed 1979

Silver gelatin print
Edition 17/60

  • Image size: 15 1/4" x 19 1/4"
Fred Herzog

BC Electric/Sherwood

1959

Archival pigment print
Edition of 20

  • Image size: 12" x 16 1/2"
Fred Herzog

Elysium Cleaners

1958

Archival pigment print
Edition of 20

  • Image size: 12" x 18"
Vivian Maier

Chicago, 1962

1962, printed in 2019

Chromogenic print

  • Image size: 12" x 12"
Vivian Maier

Chicago, 1962

1962, printed in 2019

Chromogenic print
Edition 12/15

  • Image size: 12" x 12"
Fred Herzog

KFC

1968

Archival pigment print
Edition of 20

  • Image size: 12" x 18"
Walker Evans

Chrysler Building Construction, New York

1930

Silver print

  • Image size: 6 1/2" x 4 1/2"
Walker Evans

Fulton Fish Market Area, New York

c. 1934

Silver print

  • Image size: 6" x 8"
Walker Evans

The Skin-Deep, Perforated Screen of the City: Michigan Avenue

1946

Silver print

  • Image size: 6 1/2" x 8"
Walker Evans

Graveyard, Houses and Steel Mill, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

1935, printed c. 1976

Silver print

  • Image size: 7 1/2" x 9 1/2"
William Eggleston

Near Greenwood, Mississippi, 1979

1979

Dye-transfer print
Edition 3/20

  • Image size: 12 1/8" x 18"
Walker Evans

Ford River Rouge (Ford Train Cars and Smoke Stacks)

1947

Silver print

  • Image size: 6 1/4" x 8"
George Tice

Petit’s Mobil Station, Cherry Hill, N.J.

1974

Brovira/selenium-toned silver print

  • Image size: 15 1/4" x 19 1/4"
Geoffrey James

The Pantheon

2000

Inkjet print on archival Baryta paper
Edition of 3

  • Image size: 12" x 15"
Geoffrey James

Compressed Air Building

2000

Inkjet print on archival Baryta paper
Edition of 3

  • Image size: 12 1/4" x 15"
Geoffrey James

2000

Inkjet print on archival Baryta paper
Edition of 3

  • Image size: 12 1/4" x 15"
Geoffrey James

Rue Figuier

2000

Inkjet print on archival Baryta paper
Edition of 3

  • Image size: 11 1/2" x 15"