a pseudo-documentary portrait of north-western american banality made during a family visit to pocatello, idaho. the photographs play with the flawed dynamic of the photoreportueur and its subject, not attempting to reveal a hidden truth in an unbalanced power dynamic, instead embracing the opacity of the photographic image to self-reflectively explore themes of masculinity and the opaque shell of concealment, suppression and violence that results from it. this project attempts to form a portrait of who frank is, in addition to form a self-portrait exploration on the nature of the photographic image and the dynamics it imposes on its subject, purposefully subverting them.
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november 23rd at around 2pm
portrait of frank
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used shells, deer crap, pocatello
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november 26th, at around 7:30pm
grandma ray watching ncis, before football
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dust between the bed and nightstand, pocatello
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corner of union pacific ave. and center st., pocatello
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november 25th at around 1:15pm
portrait of tor
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shell reloading bench, next to the laundry room, pocatello
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november 21st at around 11:40 am
barn with broken pot and butter knife
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to the right of the deep fryers, above the washing machines, first national bar, around 7:45am, pocatello
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tor and frank, morning after thanksgiving
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upstairs bathroom, pocatello
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november 20th at around 9:45pm
self portrait
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corner of s harrison ave. and w bonneville st., around 5:45 pm, pocatello
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project book dummy
29.7x37.1cm
27 tipped-in inkjet prints
text from a recorded conversation
loose sheet plate section, text and cover bound with gummed paper tape