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A Portrait of America Left Behind
29.05.2011 -
Evergreen
02.06.2010
BRANDON SCHULMAN PHOTOGRAPHY
“A Portrait of America Left Behind” is a photographic study representing the presence that humanity plays on the landscape, the structures that we build, and leave behind. It is a document of spaces that remain static in our present time. Recently completing Volume 1 of the project; it encompasses 20 states, 19,500 miles, 3 months in the field, and 100’s of hours in the darkroom. Brandon lived out of his old Ford pickup truck while in the field, bringing him closer to the road, and his subjects. Most photographs are taken on top of his camper shell, and exposed on 4×5 film. All images here are scans of C-Prints made in my home darkroom. Bringing the closes representation of the print. The project is displayed in 30”x40” format.
“Evergreen” is a work in progress that was started in the spring of 2009. Evergreen is a typical, cul-de-sac, American development where each house is structurally the same. The idea is to be a photographic study into the personalities of people and how they “individualize” their homes. There are two complete homes in this gallery and the first one is my parents. It was challenging but very fun to approach something that is beyond familiar to me, and photograph it like it is new and fresh. The moment I looked thru the ground glass I knew there were photographs here to be made. I have left the print borders un-cropped so you can “feel” the print.
“Evergreen” is a work in progress that was started in the spring of 2009. Evergreen is a typical, cul-de-sac, American development where each house is structurally the same. The idea is to be a photographic study into the personalities of people and how they “individualize” their homes. There are two complete homes in this gallery and the first one is my parents. It was challenging but very fun to approach something that is beyond familiar to me, and photograph it like it is new and fresh. The moment I looked thru the ground glass I knew there were photographs here to be made. I have left the print borders un-cropped so you can “feel” the print.
