John Divola
Still best known for his innovative and unique “Zuma” photographs of the mid-late ’70s, John Divola is an amazingly prolific photographer with a superb, exhaustive website. I’ve been on a huge Divola kick lately; here’s but a tiny sampling from the past 30 years. (Series are central to Divola’s work; the images here are labeled for the series they belong to.)
Dogs Chasing my Car in the Desert
As Far as I Could Get
(”These photographs were made by pushing the self-timer button on my camera and running as fast as I could away from the camera. An exposure is made in 10 seconds.”)
MGM Backlot
“The photographs in this series were made at the MGM New York City back-lot in Culver City, California in 1979/80. The lot was already partially demolished when I began and completely demolished shortly after the completion of the series.”
Abandoned Houses
robert wiedenfeld wrote:
chas this guy is blowing my mind to pieces. really i never have seen his work & today i have a new favorite fotographer named john divola. what an eye..
Posted on 12-Nov-07 at 1:28 pm | Permalink
claire wrote:
I’m totally gobsmacked. Such great work.
Posted on 13-Nov-07 at 6:08 am | Permalink