“catching
the intersection points between your inner reality and what you are seeing”
“arranged
to be provocative rather than descriptive”
-William S Burroughs
Burroughs
collaged photographs, text and found imagery which he then photographed. You
would never see it in its final physical form, only the documentation of it.
The strong
use of text in Burroughs work gave me the idea of incorporating text into my
own work, the dialogue of my brothers and diary-like extracts. I think this
would strengthen the depth of the work and add that realism that can sometimes
disappear when put on a gallery wall.
Various
series of his were displayed including ‘What was, What Isn’t’, described as
being ‘concerned with the relation between experience, absence and presence,
and how the camera could evoke something that no longer exists, but also how
photographs work to influence and construct memories and desire.’
There was
also his ‘Flower Series’ these photographs suggest how Burroughs was
experimenting with arrangement of objects to evoke intimate aspects of his
personal and family experience. I’d like to do something similar with objects
that my brothers own - perhaps using medium format. Anna Dannemann from The
Photographers Gallery also suggested this in my portfolio review.
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