Mark Klett: Selected Landscapes
From the artist’s statement: Landscape photography is never a neutral pursuit. It is always about someone’s perception of place and world-view; Afterall, a photographer is not just a witness to space but a participant as well. For my part, I’m interested in the collision points between land, history and time. The first of these photographs came in 1982 after I finished work on the “Rephotographic Survey Project.” That project paired nineteenth century geographical survey photographs with new photographs made at the same sites and from the same vantage points. This combination of two similar but different images of the same place revealed more than a century of change. As my new work evolved, I meant to tell my own story. The act of making the photographs became my own photographic survey. My purpose was not to perpetuate older images or even their ideas but to engage a photographic legacy in a different kind of dialogue about space and time. The photographs are meant to reference an earlier era while portraying a completely contemporary landscape.”

31 frames; 24x28"; 100 running feet; rental fee is $3,500

Please contact Tate Shaw to inquire about this or other traveling exhibitions, (585) 442-8676 or email tateshaw@vsw.org

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