James and Karla Murray
James and Karla Murray are American photographers. The husband and wife duo have photographed storefronts of small businesses in New York City and elsewhere. They have also constructed a sculptural installation based on their photographic work.Work
The Murrays have published two volumes of their photographic work, Store Front: The Face of Disappearing New York and Store Front II: A History Preserved: The Disappearing Face of New York.
in 2018, the Murrays created and exhibited an architectural assemblage created from storefronts they have photographed. The work is named L.E.S. and was installed in Seward Park on the Lower East Side in Manhattan, New York City.
in 2008, the Murray's were the subject of a documentary film, Store Front New York, directed by Greg DeLiso which was shown at the 2009 Red Hook Film Festival. In March 2019 the Murrays and some of the East Village storefronts they have made work about were the subject of a local piece on WNBC channel four's lifestyle program, New York Live; the pair took the reporter of the story, Joelle Garguilo on a walking tour.
