Cosentinoworks presents Pieces of Me, Pieces of You, a series of conceptual photographic portraits by Daniel Cosentino, a New Jersey-based multimedia artist, conceptual artist, visual artist, educator, and writer. This body of work engages themes of intimacy, fragmentation, and relational identity through tightly framed color portraits created with a large format camera. Each image explores how the self is shaped through connection, loss, vulnerability, and reflection—offering a poetic study of interpersonal space as a site of meaning. Inspired in part by visual exercises from Josef and Anni Albers, this series uses subtle compositional shifts and coded visual language to question the boundaries of recognition and selfhood. The project emphasizes the portrait not just as likeness, but as an evolving structure—a mirror of hidden emotion, gaze, and gesture. Shot in close, consistent framing, each subject’s expression, posture, and gaze quietly reveals the tension between inner life and external construction. These images, printed with care and attention to materiality, continue Cosentino’s ongoing investigation into identity, presence, and latent communication through contemporary photography. This gallery complements the artist’s larger portfolio, which includes sculpture, installation art, video performance, and land art, as seen in works like Standing Box and Totem Domum. Cosentino’s broader practice bridges his roles as an educator and lecturer, and his critical writing through platforms such as Latent Views and Equine Magistrate. Cosentinoworks invites viewers to reflect on the quiet resonance of the human face and its place in our shared psychological and visual landscape.
"Pieces of Me, Pieces of You" explores fragmentation, connection, and identity through intimate portraiture. Informed by Josef and Anni Albers’ studies on perception, the series examines how bodies, presence, and vulnerability shift in relation to others.
The portraits show the tension between exposure and protection, revealing how identity is shaped by interaction. They capture moments of openness while acknowledging the boundaries people maintain. Each image reflects how we come to understand ourselves through others.
"Pieces of Me, Pieces of You" explores fragmentation, connection, and identity through intimate portraiture. Informed by Josef and Anni Albers’ studies on perception, the series examines how bodies, presence, and vulnerability shift in relation to others.
The portraits show the tension between exposure and protection, revealing how identity is shaped by interaction. They capture moments of openness while acknowledging the boundaries people maintain. Each image reflects how we come to understand ourselves through others.
"Pieces of Me, Pieces of You" explores fragmentation, connection, and identity through intimate portraiture. Informed by Josef and Anni Albers’ studies on perception, the series examines how bodies, presence, and vulnerability shift in relation to others.
The portraits show the tension between exposure and protection, revealing how identity is shaped by interaction. They capture moments of openness while acknowledging the boundaries people maintain. Each image reflects how we come to understand ourselves through others.
"Pieces of Me, Pieces of You" explores fragmentation, connection, and identity through intimate portraiture. Informed by Josef and Anni Albers’ studies on perception, the series examines how bodies, presence, and vulnerability shift in relation to others.
The portraits show the tension between exposure and protection, revealing how identity is shaped by interaction. They capture moments of openness while acknowledging the boundaries people maintain. Each image reflects how we come to understand ourselves through others.