The Postcard Series: On Landscape and Experience
Images of the landscape are constantly used to define ourexperiences in the natural world, and we believe these images becausephotographs are truth. The Postcard Series: On Landscape andExperience seeks to challenge the inherent believability of the landscapephotograph and our relationship to those images. This series is comprised of images that are procured frompostcards that I have bought, or have been mailed to me. Landscapes that are geographicallydistant are blended together to create new landscapes that are believable, yetdon’t exist in reality. They existbecause we can see them in front of us. We can talk about their topography and climates. If we choose to, we could visit them.
I am interestedin the commodity of the postcard and the interaction that people have when oneis used. Striving to force thisinteraction, I “shop drop” my postcards in racks as I travel, go to the store,and visit museums. The cards areleft for customers to look at, explore, and possibly purchase to send as apostcard of their own. The workthen becomes a part of another story and possibly part of another’s experiencewith the location of the image.
I am interestedin the commodity of the postcard and the interaction that people have when oneis used. Striving to force thisinteraction, I “shop drop” my postcards in racks as I travel, go to the store,and visit museums. The cards areleft for customers to look at, explore, and possibly purchase to send as apostcard of their own. The workthen becomes a part of another story and possibly part of another’s experiencewith the location of the image.
