V. The Island 2018
I sit alone in my car in an empty car park and look out at an island I've looked out at many times before but with no camera. It seems so far away, small, and cold with the weather closing in around it. I photograph it in the moments between the rainfall, once... several times. Each time, I let my focus dwell and in the quiet between the superficial sounds, I find comfort I didn't know I was aching for, and suddenly the island appears close, large, and warm.
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MOMENT 1
Pigment ink on bamboo fibre cotton rag
84 x 112 cm
2016
MOMENT 2
Pigment ink on bamboo fibre cotton rag
84 x 112 cm
2016
MOMENT 3
Pigment ink on bamboo fibre cotton rag
84 x 112 cm
2016
MOMENT 4
Pigment ink on bamboo fibre cotton rag
84 x 112 cm
2016
MOMENT 5
Pigment ink on bamboo fibre cotton rag
84 x 112 cm
2016
“I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.”
– Henry David Thoreau
I am personally most drawn to Moment 1, Moment 3, and Moment 4. These photographs feel so raw and moody. In some way Moment 1 and Moment 4 reference Sugimoto's horizon images, but of course the inclusion of the island and the stormy conditions are a clean departure from his concerns. But there are also clear references to Pictorialism that I also find compelling.
LENSCULTURE HOME ‘21 INTERNATIONAL PHOTO PRIZE JUROR
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Rachel Punturiero
info@rachelpunturiero.com
© 2023
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Limited ed. packages.
A warm thank you to these two.
In mixed media.