indiVISIBLE Black and White Photographs
Title
indiVISIBLE Black and White Photographs
Description
How do I capture the modern age of American agriculture? Do I focus on the idyllic rolling hills, colorful farmhouses, and barns dotted across New England, appealing to the senses of those who daydream of simple days gone by? That true grit "Americana" spirit? No. I do not photograph for ulterior purposes nor promote such idealism (or idols).
A good photograph is unpretentious. It serves to capture the ordinary. To allow our eyes to invest in feelings, not in thoughts.
To some, these photographs will look like amateur snapshots of backyards and barns. And that is my intention. I want all eyes to focus on America's anonymous working person (not the photographer). Those whose names we do not know—and likely never will—who live and work next door to us or next to someone we may know.
And in the process, avoid the fetishization or co-opting of working-class imagery for a particular political "ist" or "ism."
These are emblems of resistance to the prevalent values of celebrity status, the need for instant gratification, and hedonistic consumerism."
— Alfonso Herrera Neal
A good photograph is unpretentious. It serves to capture the ordinary. To allow our eyes to invest in feelings, not in thoughts.
To some, these photographs will look like amateur snapshots of backyards and barns. And that is my intention. I want all eyes to focus on America's anonymous working person (not the photographer). Those whose names we do not know—and likely never will—who live and work next door to us or next to someone we may know.
And in the process, avoid the fetishization or co-opting of working-class imagery for a particular political "ist" or "ism."
These are emblems of resistance to the prevalent values of celebrity status, the need for instant gratification, and hedonistic consumerism."
— Alfonso Herrera Neal
Creator
Alfonso Herrera-Neal
Source
indiVISIBLE Greenfield
Publisher
indiVISIBLE Greenfield
Date
2023
Contributor
Alfonso Herrera-Neal
Rights
Alfonso Herrera-Neal/indiVISIBLE Greenfield
