Out of the shadows
A Chicago artist plays out her complex feelings of urban life in exquisitely shot street scenes


Caught in the storm, 2011.
(© Clarissa Bonet/ Image Courtesy Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago)

Proximity, 2014.
(© Clarissa Bonet / Image Courtesy Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago)Indeed, Bonet appears to have such an adept control of the candid that you might assume her street scenes were staged. In

Street dance, 2013.
(© Clarissa Bonet/ Image Courtesy Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago)

Taxi, 2012.
(© Clarissa Bonet / Image Courtesy Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago)

The commute, 2011.
(© Clarissa Bonet / Image Courtesy Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago)

Spilt milk, 2011.
(© Clarissa Bonet / Image Courtesy Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago)

Perpetual shadow, 2014.
(© Clarissa Bonet / Image Courtesy Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago)

Arrival, 2014.
(© Clarissa Bonet / Image Courtesy Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago)To see more of Clarissa Bonet's work, check out her website or follow her on Instagram and Facebook