Gary Breece
While looking through the contenders for Jen Bekman’s Hey Hot Shot Competition, I stumbled upon Gary Breece. When talking about his photographs, Stacy Oborn writes,
“Following the kinds of life-changing crossroads or traumas that beset all of us from time to time, some compelling imagery can and has been made by artists retreating into their geographic/psycho-biographies for release, reprieve and answers. Often at the threshold of these adult moments, we realize, even if we’re not willing to concede that we know very much, that at least we know where we came from. And in instances where we have renounced the past, a return to what and where we were at one time can provide important clues about which direction to go next.”
These pictures are beautifully haunting, when I look at them I feel a loss, for that small town I grew up in that was always home for me but that as of lately, has been losing its magic. The more time passes, the more distant that sense of home becomes and now I find myself seeing these places as something dream-like. Something that does not exist in my everyday life. This sense of longing, of trying to touch something that isnt there anymore, is very obvious in Breece’s photos and is one of the reasons I find these images beautiful.
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jenbekmanprojects reblogged this from camilapombo and added:
It’s so awesome...see HHS! Contenders (Camila’s entry here) writing
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