Roe Ethridge, Edition Aperture Magazine Collectors: ( issued with a SIGNED 5" x 7" color print by Roe Ethridge)

Roe Ethridge
Apple and Black Glove, 2020
from the series Fugitive Sunset, for Aperture
Open edition, it was available for 7 days only
Archival pigment print HAND-SIGNED on the verso by Roe Ethridge
Image size: 4 ½ x 6 inches
Paper size: 5 x 7 inches

“Apple and Black Glove was shot in October 17, 2020, in Rockaway Beach, New York. I got the apple at Edgemere Farm Market, on the bay side of Beach 74th Street. It has been and is really the only place in the area to get produce and meat that isn’t a chain grocery. They almost always have something that is so ridiculously photogenic that I have to buy it for that reason alone.

The market is also known as a strict place, where one may only buy one pound of chicken thighs, and COVID rules are enforced with gusto. That includes wearing gloves. They are laid out on a table as you enter the market, so there is NO EXCUSE! for not wearing them.

After leaving the market, I realized I still had the gloves on. Then I decided, Hey, these are kinda cool. Definitely cooler than the blue ones. After I got home and unpacked, this apple, with its nub of branch still attached, was essentially ready for its close-up.”

— Roe Ethridge

This special limited-edition print comes with issue #242 of Aperture magazine, titled “New York,” which honors the city through photographs and essays by visionary artists and writers. The issue features a portfolio of works from Roe Ethridge’s series Fugitive Sunset, commissioned by Aperture, of which this image is a part.

Each print was signed by Roe Ethridge, is produced under the artist’s supervision by Laumont Editions, New York.