(Hido first image; Gersht second image)
Check out Ori Gersht. Here is a brief description of some of what he's doing for the particular work I want you to ingest. And here is a link to some of the images.
Also, check out Todd Hido's Landscapes. He often shoots through car windows.
2 comments:
Hah, nice title change.
I've seen some of Gersht's work before, but I never knew the context of the WWII forest setting -- that puts a whole different spin on the images for me. Much more powerful. The way the environment and personal (and social) history is incorporated into the images clearly makes them stronger, but can the images stand alone without knowing the back story? At least, can they be seen in the same way?
Sometimes I question, is it too easy to just do as I did and click the shutter to produce an image that evokes emotion? Yes, it's only the first step in a process, but I guess, where is the challenge in that? I'm not saying that Gersht and Hido didn't follow a process and spend considerable time editing -- I'm sure they did, but how can I separate myself from that?
Like you've told Jacki and Mary, it might be a good idea to emulate these artists and something new might spring up from that--now it's just about taking the pressure off of myself to just do it instead of trivializing why I started shooting this in the first place. I know I don't need to have a connection with the Holocaust or some other tragedy to create great work...I'm just thinking on the page, don't really know where that thought was headed...anyway, thank you for posting these - I didn't know other people had done this kind of work before.
You have the tragedy of the dying farms. And you care. You need no more.
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