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 Shane Lavalette, Vicki Sher, Chandi Kelley, Borislav Alexandrov, and Peter Zachary Voelker.
11-noon: Shane Lavalette
Describe the photograph selected for One Hour Photo in three words:
Growth, Time, God
How does one go about selecting a photograph that is good enough for an exhibition but that can never be seen again?
It’s a difficult process at first, which I’m sure I wasn’t alone in struggling with. That said, once I came across the photograph I knew it was the one.
What are your thoughts on letting go of this image?
For myself it was important to find an image that was not only appropriate for the context of the exhibition but perhaps also strengthened by it. I think that’s how I’m able to justify “letting go” of it.
Website: www.shanelavalette.com
12-1pm: Vicki Sher
Describe the photograph selected for One Hour Photo in three words:
My Son Eli
How does one go about selecting a photograph that is good enough for an exhibition but that can never be seen again?
It is important to want to create a Moment -for your subject and the photo – rather than thinking of the piece as an object. It is more performative.
What are your thoughts on letting go of this image?
It’s difficult – even though I have other pictures of my son, and other versions of his school photo, but this one is good…it feel like a loss.
Website: www.vickisher.com
1-2pm: Chandi Kelley
Describe the photograph selected for One Hour Photo in three words:
Eagle captures car
How does one go about selecting a photograph that is good enough for an exhibition but that can never be seen again?
For me, this image captured a rare and magical moment that, through the photograph, became true in a sense. If one tried to describe the moment portrayed, its possible no one would believe it. The proof lies in the photograph – the documentation of the moment. In choosing this image to be seen only once, and never again, I return it to a mythical place. Everyone who sees it becomes witness to a rare moment that they can only describe but not prove. I felt that in the context of One Hour Photo, this image says more than it does on its own.
What are your thoughts on letting go of this image?
It has been more difficult than I anticipated. As soon as I submitted this image, it became imbued with a sense of importance. As if the act of letting it go, made it something to be cherished.
“In an initial period, Photography, in order to surprise, photographs the notable; but soon, by a familiar reversal, it decrees notable whatever it photographs. The ‘anything whatever’ then becomes the sophisticated acme of value.” -Roland Barthes
Website: www.chandikelley.com
2-3pm: Borislav Alexandrov
From the website: “Ladies and Gentlemen consists of a selection of found studio portrait cards – 12 women and 12 men, each measuring approximately 4.5 x 6.5 in. – as collected by photographer Shane Lavalette. The cards were produced in the late 19th Century by various photographic studios around New England, many in Vermont where Lavalette is originally from. The images often depict subjects gazing out of the frame, frozen and lost in thought. Brought together, the photographs ask us to consider the personalities and roles of these individuals as well the blurred line of femininity/masculinity that exists on their surface.”