Josh Winegar
Here is a piece by a recent grad/friend Josh Winegar. Starting with appropriated photographs of hunters posing next to carcasses they have killed, Josh uses paint to erase out the hunters and then redraws bandages and other details on the remaining image. Although you can not see it in the web reproductions, there is often a bit of transparency in the paint, leaving behind the ghostly image of a hunter standing next to his or her prize. I am fascinated by the power of erasure and the particular way that Josh has used it to allow viewers to create their own vision of an aggressor posing and thus dominating over his or her pray. The ghostly, white background allows me to recall the Abu Ghraib images of aggression and domination (although when creating or recalling an image of domination, to each his own) as a counter point to Josh's clear reference to the peaceful, organic qualities of death and rebirth. It is quite poetic.
Check out more of these great images here.
Check out more of these great images here.
Labels: Allison Grant Photography, Josh Winegar
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