Toy House by Andrew D. Musson

If you have ever had to pull up stakes and start over somewhere completely new, then you might share the same kind of temporary sight that Andrew D. Musson displays in his body of work New, Familiar. Having displaced himself from a southern city to "the" city in New York, the first three months were a period of sublime displacement, where senses are overstimulated, a gaze is directed in uncommon and uncommoner places, and where the process of taking things in never seems to cease. It's a fleeting jolt of a way to experience and mediate new existence in a new place, and scenes stay startling and new to your eye for an indeterminate but finite amount of time.

Communal Coat Rack by Andrew D. Musson

Roof with a View by Andrew D. Musson

Whether it's a keyhole view of a bedroom while walking through the neighborhood, or in succinctly encapsulating the experience of shared space among strangers in a shot of the apartment coat rack, or just getting used to the notion of the roof vista as experienced by nearly every new yorker in the summer, Musson's vision is snappy, eager and amused. Settling in quickly with an internship with Ryan McGinley's studio, and assisting for Luis Sanchis under Thomas Prior, it would appear that Musson's future is busy, bright and surrounded with charismatic compatriots, and fellow lovers of a world that's film-based.

See the full portfolio of images from New, Familiar on Musson's site, or get a better sense of his sensibility by tooling around his tumblr site centris, which focuses on showcasing the work of many early career photographers.