ARTIST PROCESS // Rivers Two Ways
Water, Tree, Infinity
by Thomas Brummett
EXCERPT //
The River and Halos series are part of an exhibition I had titled "This Shimmering World.” As I explained in the exhibition notes, my photography process is an act of mediation through deep and extended attention and has evolved over time into capturing or rendering different Infinite Systems (starting with the Infinities) that exist right in front of us. I am trying to understand and present the world in its totality. If only we had the means to observe the world as it truly exists. Think of how differently we would treat each other and our planet. With the river series, I returned to the documentary tradition but added my own twist to it. In this series, the photographic document can also be read as a type of photographic “drawing” when viewed from a distance, yet up close it’s a record of another infinite system that is at our feet whenever we stand at the river’s edge. //
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