"Protect What You Can and Hold Onto It Tight At All Costs" by Ryan Cardoso
"Protect What You Can and Hold Onto It Tight At All Costs" by Ryan Cardoso
June 2, 2020
Protect What You Can and Hold Onto It Tight At All Costs is an edition of 100 archival prints by Ryan Cardoso. With a small border for framing, the artwork is sized to fit a standard 10" x 10" frame. The archival prints were created by Tiny Showcase and ship with a certificate of authenticity. The archival artwork has been printed on a heavy 290gsm satin photo paper.
Available with custom matting. Please allow an extra 2 business days for processing.
Available hand-framed in maple with archival mat and glass by Vermont's Joel Taplin of Taplin MFG. Framed artwork is archivally matted and hung with UV-protective glass. The hand-made frames are made from locally-milled wood with inlaid splines in each corner for added strength. Please allow three weeks for the completion of your custom, hand-made frame.
Other print release by Ryan: Raphael’s Angels…, 2019.
100% of the proceeds from the sale of Ryan’s prints will be donated to Grassroots Law Project & The Marsha P. Johnson Institute.
“Grassroots Law Project bridges the gap between grassroots organizing and legal expertise in criminal justice reform by bringing millions of us together to address the most pressing and egregious failures of the system, hold powerful actors accountable, and advocate for deep structural change.”
The Marsha P. Johnson Institute works to “employ black trans people, build more strategic campaigns, launch winning initiatives, and interrupt the people who are standing in the way of more being possible in the world for BLACK Trans people, and all people.”
Meet Ryan A. Cardoso
Ryan Cardoso is a storyteller communicating through both photography and filmmaking. His work aims to bring out the absurdity in the mundane of life. Subjects tend to revolve around his neighborhoods, travels, friends, and family: all of which form his identity. The subjects in his work make up a pool of diverse identities spanning different body types, race, gender, sexual orientation, profession, et ale. While his work is very much grounded in documenting reality, there is a blend of magical realism, placing people of color in moments that to an outside viewer may seem like a fantasy. He works to represent subjects by highlighting moments or feelings in their life that may not be immediately noticeable or apparent to an outside viewer. Being that he is an African America, his work is a response to both the black experience and growing up in America as a first generation son.
