About

East of Our Youth, West of Our Future is an experimental group exhibition featuring the work of three emerging artists: Alexander Iglesias, Helena Ernst, and Jonah Saffran-Johnson. Curated by Iglesias, the exhibition unfolds as a fictional short story about youth, constructed from selected works drawn from each artist’s debut projects.

Through their different ways of seeing, the artists examine adolescence as both lived experience and memory. Their photographs reflect the uncertainty, tenderness, and contradictions of youth as they attempt to understand what it means to be young today while also reconsidering their own childhoods.

Together, the work reveals the strange clarity of growing up in the present moment—where small, beautiful moments exist within a world that can feel chaotic, indifferent, and difficult to navigate.

Frame 1A presents this exhibition as part of PhotoCarmel 2026, a regional celebration of photography organized by the Center for Photographic Art.

On view: April 4 – May 23, 2026
Opening Reception: April 4, 2–4 PM