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The Role of the Artist in Today's Society Mar 25, 2007
Hello, Friend. We have all heard the following paradigm: "GOOD-FAST-CHEAP: CHOOSE ANY TWO". With Colvin's work, thankfully, one receives all three. Let's break this one down for any spreadsheet mavens that may be reading this riff. Consider the following: Your HVAC unit[s] crap[s] out prior to [or during] an extreme weather scenario. Just try to find a technician who will fix your predicament in a timely fashion while coming under budget. Not to mention the fact that you will probably be paying $60 [or more] per hour. Now, contrast this with the $30 you will be spending for Colvin's high weirdness and revelatory missives, which will no doubt mend and/or challenge your psyche. [Not to mention the hours of entertainment one will experience in the wealth of diverse imagery sure to challenge the likes of any Diane Arbus fan and redefine the role of the artist in today's society] If you live in the U.S. of A., you will need a soul cleansing. I should know... I live in the midwest territory, where one can recall the glory of the Mayan empire and everything occurs ten years later... Fortunately, the present moment is infinite... Anyway, buy the book, strike a pose, fill your nose with Chiquita byproduct and buckle your chinstrap... Also, remember to breathe and avoid run-on sentences!
These photos tell an intricately woven multi-layered story. Mar 20, 2007
"The Mothman's Photographer" is absolutely one of the best examples of investigative photo reporting I've ever seen. Colvin paints a fascinating socio-political/paranormal collage with haunting images that draw the viewer into each individual picture like a magical doorway. He compiles so much information into this beautiful book that you will feel compelled to view it over and over again. I have found it to be a wonderful book of reference that I can return to like an oracle to help evoke hidden patterns of meaning in my own 'reality'. Anyone looking for a completely unique and intensely personal experience of the Mothman phenomenon will find what they are seeking here. This book is a must-have companion to "The Mothman's Photographer" DVD's.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
the psychic underbelly Dec 29, 2006
Imagine you have placed a psychic filter on your senses and traveled thru the world taking in the minutia of daily life. What you would see is a world where every landscape, every situation, every fragment of life exists in a web of previously unrealized interconnections. The Mothman's Photographer is a glimpse of such a world. This collection is really quite admirable in its relentless, single-mindedly driven unearthing of the psychic underbelly of the world we live in. Taken as a whole (and reading the notes and descriptions provided by the artist) the collected images meld into a collage emoting one man's quest for meaning in the seeming detritus of our world.
Considering the natural limitations of the book format (size), the images evocatively weave together a chronicle of related artifacts and observances from the artist's life and travels. I look forward to seeing these images presented in a gallery setting where I can imagine the power of the works would be even further enhanced by larger image formats and room to relate the images in smaller and intimately evocative groupings. I'm sure such an on site treatment would take the strength of the book's presentation and render the artist's vision in an even more oblique and involving meditation on our world of shadows.
This book sneaks up on you and encircles you in the potent evocations of this singular artist's vision. We can all look forward to enveloping ourselves in these images in the future.
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