Images of Mexico 1994-2003
I’m proud to announce my Summer 2007 fine art photograpy show is up at Mighty O Donuts which can be found day in and day out at 2110 N 55th St, in Seattle’s Greenlake neighborhood, and at Fuel Coffee, 610 19th Ave E, Capitol Hill.
As you might have guessed, the photos are ones I made in Mexico in my many visits there over a span of ten years.
The show’s signature image I shot this in 1995 at a Pemex (gasoline) station as a Mexican rancher was turning from his task of filling his car to my camera. I was about to photograph the heavily-stickered, tiled column, but when he made himself available to the frame I recomposed quickly to catch him at the edge. Then he turned.
Without him the image wouldn’t have gotten a second look from me or anyone else.
The way it turned out however — im my opinion — is magic. It’s just strange and enigmatic enough to keep it interesting, to stimulate thought in the viewer. What’s going on here?
I chose two images to print in the larger 24-inch size. This is one. The other is the rusted fan blade.
The frames of those two are about 30 inches wide, and it was a challenge to get those photos’ mats cut and into frames. I cut my own mats/frame all my work.
Both were color images that I made sepia images. The form is so strong in each that color is unnecessary, and even a distraction.
