“The images of the dancers’ shadows, turned into a negative, and then flipped upside down, beautifully exemplifies a kind of rich photographic language yet to be explored.”
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“The images of the dancers’ shadows, turned into a negative, and then flipped upside down, beautifully exemplifies a kind of rich photographic language yet to be explored.”
Every photograph corresponds to a specific instance in life. So the camera functions as an existential clock. And my pictures standing in front of a particular human effigy, do the same: they call forth an exact moment.
In this interview from our 18th Issue, Richard Misrach discusses reconciling the emotional turmoil of capturing difficult images, with their potential positive impact.
Richard Misrach discussing Desert Cantos and his collaboration with Guillermo Galindo.