Cenral Valley 2005 - ongoing

archival inkjet prints from SX-70 Polaroids, 40" X 40", series of 25.

I shot these photos with my vintage SX-70 Polaroid camera on car trips through the agricultural landscape of California's Central Valley. As suburban sprawl continues to engulf the farmlands many of these unique buildings being destroyed. Through these images I hope to capture the simple beauty and patina of this architecture.

All the images are out of focus to draw attention to the lines of the structures rather than the details. Most of the images are taken square on in an effort to flatten the image and further reduce it to line, texture and color. I draw inspiration for this series from the work of German photograpers Bernd and Hilla Becher and Uta Barth.

The images are printed on a high resolution archival quality digital printer on archival acid-free water color paper.

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