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URBAN SCENES
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 Urban Scenes  Covered or Wrapped  Buildings |
 Silvered and Protected 2009 ..... |
Using mundane elements found in his common urban environment, Ken Hochfeld makes curious images that define his world and question the notion that photographs are only representational descriptions of the subjects and places depicted. Although the subjects chosen by Hochfeld establish the framework for his image making, he feels they are simply aids to his purpose of creating an emotional mystique that he describes as intuitive reflection. Hochfeld ponders the importance in photography given to place, and quietly nudges the viewer to value the abstract, the rhythm, and the mood of the image. For Hochfeld's work, place is best defined as an ethereal state of mind rather than a physical location. URBAN SCENES is comprised of three chapters, “Urban Scenes”, “Covered or Wrapped”, and “Buildings” with images that redefine the subjects and create a sense of otherness. The images in “Urban Scenes” and “Covered or Wrapped” are variously peculiar, mysterious, or humorous. In the chapter “Buildings”, the photographs particularly toy with the line between simple fact and art. For Ken Hochfeld, each image represents a photographic experience made possible by the intersection of his receptiveness, the quality of light at the particular moment the image is made, and fortuity. He sees his typical daily environment as a tool, and his psyche as the catalyst to making photographs intended to intrigue. |
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