found subjects
Space and place serve as my content, and my subject matter. I document what I see, and re represent it. I am not specifically studying space, nor time, as much as using them to achieve other ends. I am using them as data, as subject matter, to study multiplicity and multidimensionality.
This semester I have worked on numerous short studies in trying to define these space/place inspirations. I have constructed several small books which utilize my photographs from the southwest. Signs, building materials, horizon landscapes all influence me. These moments—random, instances filtered through my interests and my perception— depended on what I happened to see. They now make up my subject matter. I gather information and edit/frame it in new forms. I don’t set out with too specific goals: yet, the photographs which I capture resonate with similarities. Shadows, close up fragments decontextualized form their original surroundings, landscapes of sunrises and sunsets. These isolated, blown up instances convey and capture the sense of place.
As a hunter and gatherer, I do not seek out specific inspiration. I utilize materials which I come cross, documenting and transcribing my my journeys through photographic means. I use materials which I find at the recycling center; I put things together that might not “fit." I like the balance of these juxtapositions.
The particular place is also almost incidental, as inspiration and source material can come out of anything. From route 66, I photographed signs and billboards, graphic buildings in the flat landscape. On the west side, I walked and photographed door frames and gas station numbers and created multiple compositions of materials and textures. Color and form, isolated moments link these studies, but these studies are less focuses on conveying something, as re-presenting, capturing, recording a place.
This semester I have worked on numerous short studies in trying to define these space/place inspirations. I have constructed several small books which utilize my photographs from the southwest. Signs, building materials, horizon landscapes all influence me. These moments—random, instances filtered through my interests and my perception— depended on what I happened to see. They now make up my subject matter. I gather information and edit/frame it in new forms. I don’t set out with too specific goals: yet, the photographs which I capture resonate with similarities. Shadows, close up fragments decontextualized form their original surroundings, landscapes of sunrises and sunsets. These isolated, blown up instances convey and capture the sense of place.
As a hunter and gatherer, I do not seek out specific inspiration. I utilize materials which I come cross, documenting and transcribing my my journeys through photographic means. I use materials which I find at the recycling center; I put things together that might not “fit." I like the balance of these juxtapositions.
The particular place is also almost incidental, as inspiration and source material can come out of anything. From route 66, I photographed signs and billboards, graphic buildings in the flat landscape. On the west side, I walked and photographed door frames and gas station numbers and created multiple compositions of materials and textures. Color and form, isolated moments link these studies, but these studies are less focuses on conveying something, as re-presenting, capturing, recording a place.
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