Dennis DeHart, Archival Pigment Print, Paper -17"x22" (print size 11"x14") 2003/04. Re-Printed 2009
“Shooting unobtrusively with a hand held camera, like a tourist, in low light meant letting go of my expectations of what an image should look like and instead let it be its own thing that I worked in Photoshop to bring out subtle detail and its “surreal”qualities. These image play with popular mythologies and my own preconceptions as a participant in the natural history displays. I see the act of making these pictures as performative and an account of seeing, both with irony and sincerity.”
-From P.128, Lens and Light, Photography in the Digital Age, Robert Hirsch, Focal Press, 2008
-From P.128, Lens and Light, Photography in the Digital Age, Robert Hirsch, Focal Press, 2008
(un) natural histories will be on display at the Orange Coast College Photo Gallery from late April through May, 2009.
