Thursday, January 17, 2008

Windows and Trees/Mountain of Ash

These pictures are from a group I've mentally labelled as Windows/Trees, even though that is probably a misnomer. The initial images from this group are a picture I took in LA, immediately after the wildfires in the Spring, and a subsequent picture taken in Long Island, of landscape and houses seen through a break in some trees. This went on to inform most of process this summer, which involved sneaking around in suburban parks which border immediately next to people's houses, and photographing through the woods. The effect is not exactly voyeuristic, though there are some elements of that. Rather, they become a bit more about alienating from the domesticity of suburban living, similar, I feel, to what I'm trying to say with my night photography. There are also images of both the discoveries within the park, where nature comes so close to humanity, and scans from the burned park. Arguably, the burning of the park is where humanity comes too close to nature.



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Massapequa, 2007
Los Angeles, 2007
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Brooklyn Waterfront

So last spring I woke up crazily early on a Saturday morning, just after sunrise and walked down to Dumbo in the fog and early light, with my camera. I rarely photograph in actual New York City, I guess because the visual world of the urban environment isn't something I'm very interested in making pictures with. Perhaps it's the lack of trees.

Anyway, the pictures below are from that morning, in the muggy, Brooklyn air. I'm not sure what these pictures are for, or how to think about them with my other work, but they're something I've been thinking about, especially the angle of view looking down on things.

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Brooklyn, 2007
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Brooklyn, 2007