ROBOTS IN DISGUISE [12/4/09]
| Quote: | It's always a pleasure when artwork is sent to the site from artists I've never met. This site serves the function that serves solely because of the
urge we have as people to want to transcend our aloneness and share our creativity, feelings and outlooks. We see it on a day to day basis in our
interactions with friends and acquaintances, but I think it's something special when strangers, in essence, can come together and share things.
Until her submission a few days ago, I couldn't tell you who Taylor Johnson was. All things considered, I still don't think I'd be able to do a very
thorough job telling you who she is, but I feel like because she's willing to share her artwork with us we now have a solid place to start and we can
move forth from there.
Taylor Johnson sent nineteen photos over of varying style and intensity. Most of the shots she sent were black and white, but she includes three
color photos of people playing music.
When you're tabbing through the black and white set you're going to find that each shot takes you to a different place and brings your mood with
it.
The first photo in the gallery is extremely provocative and is then followed immediately by a shot that is rather calming. The mood changing
experience persists throughout the sixteen black and white photos and I have hard time imagining that you won't find yourself better off after seeing
the gallery.
I'm pretty impressed with shot 16/19, the last black and white photo. It's of some fellow, who seems to be enjoying himself immensely, lying across a
railroad track. The concept tap dances near irony; you don't typically don't associate steel railroad track with comfort nor does the thought of
someone lying across a railroad track typically stir up images of happiness and leisure. I might be a bit macabre when I say that when I think of
people lying on railroad tracks I think of suicide, but I feel like considering the emotion conveyed in Taylor's photo and then considering the notion
that most people lying on railroad tracks aren't nearly as happy with life as her subject was, is a worthwhile venture.
Click here to see her gallery.
P.S. Sorry Taylor Johnson, for taking so long to finish this. |
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