Closing: June 6, 11-4pm
Larissa Leclair has teamed up with One Hour Photo to feature photographers from this exhibition. Read the initial post here. Today’s photographers are Esther Hidalgo, Rodolfo Vanmarcke, Frank DiPerna, Osvaldo Cibils and Sasha Bezzubov + Jessica Sucher.
11-noon: Esther Hidalgo
Describe the photograph selected for One Hour Photo in three words:
loss, memory, desire
How does one go about selecting a photograph that is good enough for an exhibition but that can never be seen again?
I chose an image that I would never be able to go back and re-shoot, one that I found beautiful and enjoyed gazing at, one that I would have wished to print and preserve.
What are your thoughts on letting go of this image?
With regard to the business of art, letting go of the image excuses me from having to think in terms of ownership and rights to reproduction–issues that are often in play for me as a photographer. Artistically, this project invited me to shift the way I perceive my work. My photographs are proof that I have been here and have acted. Yet the ephemeralness of this exhibition, by showing the work only once, is like wiping away my fingerprint after touching a glass.
Website: www.estherhidalgo.com
12-1pm: Rodolfo Vanmarcke
Describe the photograph selected for One Hour Photo in three words:
The absolute self-exile.
How does one go about selecting a photograph that is good enough for an exhibition but that can never be seen again?
Each race is crucial. There are no small enemies, no small challenges. When I decided to participate in this project, I delivered grapes that were picked from a great harvest. I would never allow myself to exhibit something that is not “amazing” just because it will never be shown again.
What are your thoughts on letting go of this image?
Each and every day in life we let go many things. The important thing is knowing what we win when we let go of something. This photograph will vanish between the walls of a museum, but not without passing through the visual registry that goes from the curators to the staff of the museum; and with luck, through the eyes of some visitor walking around the place. Knowing this, one way or another has already made the piece invincible in time… or at least invincible until those who saw it, no longer live.
Website: www.rodolfovanmarcke.com
1-2pm: Frank DiPerna
Describe the photograph selected for One Hour Photo in three words:
Unplugged Ghost Woman
How does one go about selecting a photograph that is good enough for an exhibition but that can never be seen again?
I chose an image that is more or less outside of the mainstream of what I normally do; I’ve often wondered what I might do with and this was the perfect opportunity.
What are your thoughts on letting go of this image?
I like the concept of the show so letting go isn’t that hard, I lost an important negative in the street once that was hard.
Website: www.frankdiperna.com
2-3pm: Osvaldo Cibils