This is a fascinating exhibition curated by Jeffrey Fraenkel of the Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco exploring the concept of the unphotographable.

In his essay on the exhibition Fraenkel writes, “From the moment of its invention almost 175 years ago, photography has proven adept at depicting the photographable: the solid, the concrete, that which can be seen. […] But another tradition exists, a parallel history in which photographers and other artists have attempted to describe by photographic means that which is not so readily seen: thought, time, ghosts, god, dreams. A vast array of strategies has been employed to bring such pictures about, tactics that have intersected and enriched the strains of modern art.”

The exhibition includes photographs by Adrien Majewski, Alfred Stieglitz, Christian Marclay, Idris Khan, Jay Defeo, Walead Beshty as well as a number of unknown photographers.

Special thanks to the Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco for granting permission to reproduce these images.