About
Jack Urban is a Houston-based photographer exploring the tension between alienation and architecture in a post-Blockbuster world.
His portraits distill fleeting moments in ambient light and shadow as surreal fragments of the everyday hinting at untold stories beneath the surface.
Rather than document the city, Urban reimagines it as a psychological landscape tracing the outlines of disassociation, nostalgia, and futures that never arrived.
His influences include science fiction, the silver gelatin darkroom process, and the strange comfort of dial-up tones.
2025
Outsmart Magazine - Capturing Queer Joy in Montrose, One Polaroid at a Time2024
Analog Forever Magazine - Portraits: Beyond the ExteriorFOTOFEST Biennial - Lee College PAC Art Gallery
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