Structure


  • Photographer
    John Chakeres
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    Fine Art
  • Date of Photograph
    2008-2010
  • Technical Info
    Digital Capture Pigment Prints

Walls have been a recurring theme in my work for the past several years. I see walls in the context of found objects, rather then a document of place or an event as in traditional photography. Place and events are a sub context in the work. Place in a geographical context because of materials used to construct the walls and the effect of the environment on the walls. And, events in the context of, random events creating what is on the walls. It’s the confluence of these at the moment I capture the image that interest me the most.

Story

My photographs from the past few years are not about the places I photograph, but about the raw materials I find to create them. My current ideas in photography have more to do with the concept of the found object, rather than a record of, or witness to, an event or place. I believe most viewers come to photography experiencing the photograph as a mirror of the world they recognize. I want my viewers to perceive my photographs as more of a gateway to seeing and using objects differently from the things they ordinarily recognize. I want them to experience a sense of recognition presented in a new context; An abstract place of light, color, texture, and surface; Navigating the edge between recognition and discovery.
I began photographing walls because they provided a visual bridge between idea and content. The things I photograph on walls are the result of so many random, unrelated events. It’s as if they are an ever evolving abstract sculpture or painting. The making of the photograph is a very intuitive process, with the smallest of things tweaking my interest; A shadow that catches my eye, a patch of color, peeling paint, a crack, or a textured surface. It's at that moment I
capture the image and the photograph is made. The moment of capture is, in a sense, as random as the things I find on the walls. The resulting photographs have a very painterly feel, pushing them outside the realm of classic photography and more into the realm of painting and sculpture.

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