David Yarrow: Stories Told @ JL Modern

FEBRUARY 25 – APRIL 4, 2026

David Yarrow: Stories Told presents a selection of the artist’s cinematic photographs in which carefully constructed scenes unfold like fragments of larger narratives. Rooted in cinema, storytelling, and modern myth, these images move beyond documentation, instead operating as moments suspended in time, charged with tension, character, and atmosphere.

The exhibition brings together works that reflect Yarrow’s distinctive approach to image making: large scale, meticulously staged photographs that feel both timeless and immediate. Figures appear mid action or mid glance, animals command the frame with quiet authority, and environments function as theatrical backdrops rather than passive settings. Each image suggests a story already in motion, inviting the viewer to imagine what came before and what might follow.

A significant portion of the exhibition draws directly from scenes local to Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, and Wellington. Familiar streets, manicured landscapes, and equestrian settings are transformed into cinematic stages, blending regional specificity with Yarrow’s heightened visual language. The result is a body of work that feels deeply rooted in place while simultaneously operating within a broader, almost mythic narrative framework.

Throughout the exhibition, Yarrow explores recurring themes of power, glamour, discipline, and risk. Animals appear not as symbols but as presences, meeting the viewer head on with intelligence and restraint. Human figures are often positioned in moments of quiet tension, their roles ambiguous, their intentions unreadable. These carefully choreographed encounters give the photographs their emotional charge and sense of scale.

David Yarrow: Stories Told underscores Yarrow’s belief that a photograph can function as a complete narrative without explanation. Through composition, lighting, and perspective, each image holds its own internal logic, allowing viewers to enter the scene and construct meaning on their own terms. Seen together, the works form a visual anthology of modern stories, both local and universal, told through Yarrow’s unmistakable cinematic lens.