Karchi Perlmann

Above all, I am a storyteller. My medium is the camera, and my dialogue fills the space between reason and the unconscious. I have been an image-maker for over 25 years. I hail from Budapest, Hungary, the birthplace of my photographic heritage in the form of such influencers as Moholy-Nagy, Kertesz, Munkacsi and Frank Capa (who incidentally said: "It is not enough to be a talented photographer, you also have to be Hungarian." By which he meant Hungarian-Jewish.)

As an Atheist-Jew turned Theologian turned Spiritual-Gangster, I have always sought the light. It first struck me through the viewfinder of my Russian medium-format camera. I was only 10. Since I can remember I have always interpreted the world through images. They gave me, a childhood dyslexic, a way to engage in meaningful discourse that otherwise might have been denied me.

My work is reactive. Profound experience is my trigger. It resonates and is assimilated into the instinctive/emotional/intellectual self. This is where my stories are born. They are seldom linear or narrative, but are always personal, often contemplative, and unequivocally rooted in the collective unconscious.

My current collections are such a discourse. It discusses the myriad ways in whi...

BTH - Bachelor of Theology, UPEI

Solo Shows:
• 2001 - Solo Exhibit - Exploring youth substance abuse with the emerging technology of point and shoot digital camera -Tarzana, CA

• 2001-2004
-Caleb Street Private Galley - Permanent Solo exhibit and Retrospective from selected work between 1992-2004 - Glendale, CA
• 2015
-Jackalope Art Festival, Pasadena, CA

-Beverly Hills Art Show
-Crit Group Solo Show – Lamporouge Gallery at The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
•2016
- Beverly Hills Art Show Spring
- Beverly Hills Art Show Fall

Group Shows:
2015

- “Serenity” from Another Planet Series - yourdailyphoto.com
- Duncan Miller Gallery
- “Bridge competition” Group show - yourdailyphoto.com - Duncan Miller Gallery
- “Old Man Reading” - Linus Gallery - “Portraits” group show

- “Playground” - Orange County Creatives – “Neighborhood” Group Show

- “SML #2666” – American Photography 31 – “The Archive” Group Show