Coincidences [2019]

Coincidences, a photography book by Jonathan Higbee [2019]

We love Jonathan Higbee. He's been a friend of CULT co-owner Toby Wilkins for well over a decade. So it's with great pride that we are able to bring this – Jonathan's debut book – to the art-lovers of Portland. The images on these pages never cease to astonish, delight, and tease. A popular item in the store, this book is responsible for frequent gasps and LOLs. A must-have for your coffee table. 

Photographer Jonathan Higbee spent years painstakingly documenting fleeting juxtapositions on the streets of New York. These intersections of passers-by, street signs, billboards, and more take on new meaning and life through the lens of Higbee’s camera: as a dancer on a stage of trash, graffiti unfurling from a backpack, to even a giant casually walking the streets of the city. Each photograph captures the wit, joy, and surrealism of everyday life in a sometimes chaotic world. Featuring new photographs, as well as seminal photos from his initial series, Coincidences is Higbee’s self-professed love letter to New York and its moments of serendipity.