Janet Russek + David Scheinbaum: Giverny: Opening Saturday, February 14, 2026

The exhibition Janet Russek + David Scheinbaum: Giverny  reflects a shared artistic journey rooted in observation, patience, and reverence for place. The project began with a single visit to Claude Monet’s gardens, an experience that lingered and eventually drew the artists back to Giverny with a renewed sense of purpose. Granted rare access to photograph the gardens across all four seasons, Russek and Scheinbaum approach this historic site not as documentarians, but as attentive interpreters of light, growth, and change.

The resulting photographs move beyond the familiar imagery associated with Giverny. Rather than replicating the iconic views that have been endlessly reproduced, the artists focus on quieter moments where form, color, and atmosphere subtly shift. Seasonal transitions become central to the work, revealing cycles of bloom, decay, dormancy, and renewal. These rhythms echo long-standing traditions in landscape photography, where time and perception are as important as subject matter. The gardens emerge as a living system, shaped by human care yet constantly redefining itself.

Both artists bring decades of experience and deep ties to photographic history to the collaboration. Russek’s background in still life and metaphor infuses the images with a sense of introspection, while Scheinbaum’s longstanding engagement with portraiture and photographic scholarship lends clarity and structure. Their shared histories as assistants to influential figures in photography inform a disciplined, respectful approach to the medium, one that values craftsmanship and continuity. Together, they balance personal response with historical awareness.

Giverny resonates as a meditation on influence and inheritance, inviting viewers to slow their gaze, to consider how places shaped by artistic vision continue to inspire new interpretations. Through their collaborative lens, Russek and Scheinbaum offer not a homage, but a thoughtful conversation across time, where nature and memory quietly converge.