Photography Beyond Technique: Essays from F295 on the Informed Use of Alternative and Historical Photographic Processes
by Tom Persinger
From yellow to blue all of the green dies.1
Everything extraneous has been removed from these photographs. They have been stripped to their essence and may now be encountered directly. They exist in themselves and are their only referent. They are not invisible. They contain no people, landscapes, still lives, reflections, or patterns. There is nothing to look at, yet there is plenty to be seen.
They challenge our conceptions. They are transient pictures of ephemeral circumstances. They are entirely present in time and space. They are not fixed, yet are decisive. They exist in a continual state of becoming, simultaneously appearing and disappearing. They invite the spectator to a contemplative experience of perception. They ...
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