the manner i’ve been looking, lately. and what i’ve been looking at.
birdholes, chattanooga, tennessee
century plant, backyard, savannah, georgia
the house next door used to be a strip club, savannah, georgia
dog person pic, atlanta, georgia
cat person pic (or, the cat that loves me who will not go away), savannah, georgia
i’d like to go back and tea [...]
moriyama’s photographs consistently evoke dark, struggling identity-in-the-making. they are grainy, full of contrast, and seem to be about the eternal underside of things. araki’s photos, in contrast, seem to be puerile, joyous reaction against such moribund thoughts, and there is a playfulness evident throughout that suggests a lightness of heart that moriyama lacks. not that either is better or worse for the comparison, but that they are just…different.
so happenstance, structures and strategies began as an attempt to understand an artist that i had admired very deeply since i was introduced to his work. masao yamamoto is a japanese photographer that works quietly, quirkily, and, i’d like to believe, quite happily. his work fulfills many aesthetic “musts” for me: it is [...]
