“On display through January [2017], CorrUPtLOADed pairs perfectly with The Vault, an innovative ecosystem of startup’s that rely on the very tools which are subject in Gund’s work. The community of tech entrepreneurs and creatives which make up The Vault, work at the intersection of technology and art daily, and are themselves effected by the play between the two forces. ”
“ Over the last eighteen years, Gund has gathered knowledge and experience in the technical and artistic properties of capturing images with light. Despite being born into the urban chaos of San Francisco in the 1970s, he was greatly influenced by the natural grandeur of eastern Nevada and central Idaho where he and his family lived for much of his adolescence...”
“Gund’s series, “The Persistent Nature of Nature,” features large-scale images taken in Sao Paolo, Brazil; the photographs include intriguing plants, flowers, massive tree-root systems, and other tropical flora impinging on man-made buildings and structures in the urban ecosphere.”
“Gund’s latest installment of digital photographs in the “Persistent Nature of Nature” series presents images of tree root systems and limbs actively destroying the man-made world, juxtaposing scenes of more delicate plants and flowers living in a peaceful existence without our urban environments.”
“George’s poignant images are captured and composed with the full intention of translating the gritty and unbalanced relationship between the constraining aesthetics of man and the relentless determination of nature. With the use of unconventional techniques, George’s images offer both a captivating and unnerving visual commentary of a collective memory which recalls more robust times in recent history. A wayward traveler with boundless curiosity, George produces much of his work while frequenting his second home, Sao Paulo, Brazil and from wherever else the winds may carry him.”
“Better known by the nickname Crunchy, George also specializes in floral photography, excelling at capturing the essence and beauty of nature that may have otherwise gone overlooked...”