JTF (just the facts): A total of 16 individual photographs and 2 grids (25 and 20 prints each), framed in white with no mats, and hung in the entry and the first two rooms of the gallery space. All of the works are digital c-prints mounted to Plexiglas, made between 2008 and 2010; most are printed in high contrast black and white. Dimensions range from 25×26 to 34×53, with many at 42×28 or reverse; all are available in editions of 7. The two grids are sized 65×43 and 70×62 respectively. (Installation shots at right.)
While this type of subject matter has already been thoroughly covered by many of the masters of photography (particularly the ID photographers from 1950s Chicago), Harger’s images have a striking sense of the polarized maximum, where skies are pure blinding white, and process tanks and subway overpasses are richly black, almost tactile and velvety. He has bumped up against the point where photography intersects with graphic design, as his blocked out forms and delicate traceries lose their sense of photographic detail and are transformed into stylized representations.
Collector’s POV: The images in this show are generally priced based on size. The smallest individual prints are $2500, the medium 42×28 prints are $4500 and the largest prints are $5000. The two grids are $9000 and $7500. Harger’s work is not consistently available in the secondary markets, so gallery retail is likely the only option for interested collectors at this point. 
Transit Hub: - Artist site (here)
