And I made an artist's statement cus I'm a nerd...
Does "Modern Vanitas" sound too pretentious for a photo contest?
Photography itself, falls somewhere in between two binaries: Art and Science. In these images I tried to convey certain dichotomies with the over-arching theme of Science vs. Art or, one could say, Man vs Nature.
All of these images were shot in an East Coast Industrial city, most shot in Baltimore Maryland. I made use of the urban setting by juxtaposing it against the organic elements found there in line, shape, color and texture. Some images are almost one hundred percent "Nature" others are entirely "Mechanical" but, interestingly enough one can see how there is also a symbiotic relationship between those two elements. In some images, artificial items reference nature in their design or decoration, in other images there is hint of Man's Hand in an otherwise agrestal setting. Erosion, a natural process eats away at metal and discolors it, there are wild natural things taking over and wearing away at man made structures... It really is a modern Vanitas when you think about it.
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| Prospect Park, Brooklyn |
