Tight. Word. Lit. (abridged Catalog)

The series "tight. word. lit." is centered on narrative: narrative both implied and explicit; narrative as it presents itself in emotional, formal, aesthetic, intuitive, and intellectual manifestations; and narrative as an evocation of action-in this case, photographic action.The raw material for the series is found, snapshot photography. These images, largely from the 1980's and later-the last gasp of the analog snapshot-are generally overlooked in the current vogue for vernacular...
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The series "tight. word. lit." is centered on narrative: narrative both implied and explicit; narrative as it presents itself in emotional, formal, aesthetic, intuitive, and intellectual manifestations; and narrative as an evocation of action-in this case, photographic action.The raw material for the series is found, snapshot photography. These images, largely from the 1980's and later-the last gasp of the analog snapshot-are generally overlooked in the current vogue for vernacular photography. These "late" snapshots betray little of the charm that characterize the snapshot genre at its zenith. They tend to show the most banal of the banal, rendered only interesting through the distance of years and the irony that time imparts. I am drawn, in many instances, to images that would have been discarded by the picture-taker: those that are out of focus, inexpertly composed, blanched by a too-close flash, etc. It is in these that the concrete nature of the snapshot-the object that serves as a commemorative artifact that has a distinct function in the world-is left behind and the image transforms itself into an abstract field of color, shadow and light, or e vokes a potential narrative event far from the intent of the original maker.