The first and third have that Eggleston quality again, Michael. I think photos like these demand patience — meaning the viewer has to look at them for a while before their real depth begins to emerge. "Prairie blocks", for instance: after a while it's as if the shadows begin to move slightly; one becomes aware of the blueness and emptiness of the sky; the parked utes hint at their owners working somewhere inside; it all seems so mundane yet so immediate, as if the viewer is looking not at a photo but the scene itself. The more one looks, the more one sees; the more one sees, the more one wonders.
There's an episode of The X Files where a sentient computer has set up home in a caravan completely surrounded by barbed wire - the shot of your "furnace room" made me think of that.
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The first and third have that Eggleston quality again, Michael. I think photos like these demand patience — meaning the viewer has to look at them for a while before their real depth begins to emerge. "Prairie blocks", for instance: after a while it's as if the shadows begin to move slightly; one becomes aware of the blueness and emptiness of the sky; the parked utes hint at their owners working somewhere inside; it all seems so mundane yet so immediate, as if the viewer is looking not at a photo but the scene itself. The more one looks, the more one sees; the more one sees, the more one wonders.
Pete, thanks for being so generous with your time to leave these rich comments. I'm so going to keep them in case I need them for a show (some day).
Let's be more positive (it's hard to find the confidence): when I have a public art show of my photographs.
M
There's an episode of The X Files where a sentient computer has set up home in a caravan completely surrounded by barbed wire - the shot of your "furnace room" made me think of that.
Bizarre, but true
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