Bio

Leonard Kady

Based in New York and Connecticut

Leonard Kady is an artist and architect whose photographic work explores the interplay of landscape, memory, and form. A graduate of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, he has spent over 30 years immersed in the rural beauty of Connecticut, where much of his photographic inspiration is drawn.

Beginning with black-and-white darkroom photography using 35mm and 70mm film, Kady now works primarily in digital formats. His images reflect influences ranging from architectural structure to color field painting, focusing on the metaphysical presence of objects and the passage of time.

Artist’s Statement

During the pandemic, sequestered full-time in Washington, I developed a heightened awareness of time and space. The repetition of daily life made time feel paradoxically slow and compressed. In response, I turned to outdoor photography as a means to explore and express this altered perception—a sense of timelessness.

Removed from the urban environment that once shaped my perspective, I found myself captivated by the vastness of the natural world. This shift inspired a deeper inquiry into how we experience and interpret the world around us. Through experimentation, I discovered that by reducing the visual world to its essential elements—light, color, and frame—I could create images that reflect a sense of time unconstrained by traditional boundaries.

These abstracted landscapes, both natural and man-made, became meditative spaces—visual contemplations on the passage of time and our relationship with nature. Each photograph is an attempt to bridge the divide between the human experience and the timeless rhythms of the natural world.