Tempus Incognitus


  • Photographer
    Brad Carlile
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    2013
  • Technical Info
    The series Tempus Incognitus i

"Tempus Incognitus" is my series of large scale photographs depicting hotel rooms that explores the transitory nature of modern civilization within these spaces. These images pique our curiosity about the stories superimposed on these walls. Think Edward Hopper interiors awash in James Turrell colors with David Lynch directing. "Tempus Incognitus" records the day's transitional times and shows them existing concurrently. Multiple exposures are shot over 2 or more days and the images are created on film with no digital manipulation. I photograph individual rooms at several different times of day from a single perspective.

Story

"Tempus Incognitus" is my series of large scale photographs depicting hotel rooms that explores the transitory nature of modern civilization within these spaces. These images challenge our intuition about time and space and pique our curiosity about the stories superimposed on these walls. Think Edward Hopper interiors awash in James Turrell colors with David Lynch directing. These hotel rooms lack personal effects to invite a narrative.

"Tempus Incognitus" records the day's transitional times and shows them existing concurrently. Multiple exposures are shot over 2 or more days and the images are created in camera and on film with no digital manipulation. The Cubists painted individual scenes from several different perspectives at once. In this series, I photograph individual rooms at several different times of day from a single perspective.

This series has conceptual underpinnings. I have rules that combine the element of chance in these environments with predetermined rules that provide underlying parameters for this process. I use a time-intensive technique that captures the evolution of light and emphasizes change in vivid colors. Each image is composed of 3-9 exposures. Only the light in the room is used to create the images – no colored bulbs or gels are used. I shoot only at pre-determined times in the day and don't allow myself to wait for perfect light, I must adjust to the particular light given the confines of this schedule.

This technique highlights change with color allowing us to see time in ways we are not accustomed. This sublime view moves the horizons of our understanding and takes us outside the limited range of our senses and default assumptions about the world.

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