Larissa Leclair has teamed up with One Hour Photo to feature photographers from this exhibition. Read the initial post here. Today’s photographers are Edith Maybin, Robert Vizzini, Alisha Kerlin, Wesley Schauble, and Nicholas Knight.
11-noon: Edith Maybin
Describe the photograph selected for One Hour Photo in three words:
Naked, Blood, Eden
How does one go about selecting a photograph that is good enough for an exhibition but that can never be seen again?
I love the idea of the photograph, the image which is left in someone’s mind. So choosing to give an image which will never be seen again but in someone’s mind was seductive and I wanted to give one I loved.
What are your thoughts on letting go of this image?
I like being related to you even just by a secret.
Website: http://www.edithmaybin.com
12-1pm: Robert Vizzini
Describe the photograph selected for One Hour Photo in three words:
Mysterious, strong, eternal
How does one go about selecting a photograph that is good enough for an exhibition but that can never be seen again?
That is just the situation, I wanted the image to be a good one and one that could represent my body of work but one that I am willing to give up to the ages. I must say that it was just an intuitive response to this image when I was going through images to possible use. You can kind of say it chose itself, this image just seemed to jump out at me to be the one.
What are your thoughts on letting go of this image?
In fact it wasn’t that difficult to pick this image. I respect the idea of this project and felt that this was an image that could represent the idea of the fleeting moment of each photograph. Each photo taken is a moment in time recorded that will never appear again. With many of my images being shot at night and low light it is actually a period of time compressed in one image due to the long exposures.
Website: http://www.robertvizzini.com
1-2pm: Alisha Kerlin
Describe the photograph selected for One Hour Photo in three words:
Discreet, Stalemate, Unplanned
How does one go about selecting a photograph that is good enough for an exhibition but that can never be seen again?
I’ve played a lot of solitaire and I lose about 60% of the time. Not every game can be turned into a painting, and some look great in photographs.
What are your thoughts on letting go of this image?
I think it fits the project. I thinking that looking at a game of solitaire is very different than playing it yourself. Do you look at it for aesthetic reasons like it is a flower arrangement or do you continue to play and check if there is any moves. Letting it go is like realizing you’ve lost the game. Play another.
Website: www.alishakerlin.com
2-3pm: Wesley Schauble
3-4pm: Nicholas Knight
Describe the photograph selected for One Hour Photo in three words:
“Wall between frames.”
How does one go about selecting a photograph that is good enough for an exhibition but that can never be seen again?
It’s easy enough to get over if (a) you have other similar images, (b) you’re convinced that the sacrifice to the concept of the show is worth it, and (c) your practice doesn’t depend on the future availability of any single image.
What are your thoughts on letting go of this image?
The concept of the show is fun and insightful, first of all. But more importantly, it introduces an ethical dimension to this “social contract” (artist and exhibition production) that generally locates its ethics in a very different way. The “promise not to show again” is something that the artist has complete control over fulfilling, and that ethical autonomy is highly welcome, in direct proportion to its sense of loss. Sort of like asking, “Does One Hour Photo have Buddha Nature?”
Website: www.nicholasknight.net