Elegies
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The photographs in the Elegy series are constructed from multiple elements- photographs of exterior walls with abstract markings, elements that utilize Photoshop drawing tools, and imbedded images found on the internet.
The downloaded images are either aerial photographs of specific locales or schematics that represent the horror of war in general and the mass indiscriminate killing of innocents in particular. Referenced in these works are places such as the cities of Berlin and Dresden, as well as places like My Lai and Aushcwitz. All were sites of unthinkable horror, senseless massacre, the prolonged bombing of civilian targets, in some cases the orchestrated killing of tens of thousands. These images, drained of color and often imbedded with geo-graphical co-ordinates, represent the cold mathematical calculation of death, of “collateral damage,” presented here in the language of dis-connectedness.
The downloaded images are either aerial photographs of specific locales or schematics that represent the horror of war in general and the mass indiscriminate killing of innocents in particular. Referenced in these works are places such as the cities of Berlin and Dresden, as well as places like My Lai and Aushcwitz. All were sites of unthinkable horror, senseless massacre, the prolonged bombing of civilian targets, in some cases the orchestrated killing of tens of thousands. These images, drained of color and often imbedded with geo-graphical co-ordinates, represent the cold mathematical calculation of death, of “collateral damage,” presented here in the language of dis-connectedness.
