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Scene Shifting - Photographs from Left of Iowa
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In an introductory essay to Scene Shifting, Dan Powell speaks of
his father’s influence on him in his youth. He describes growing
up in the 1950s and 60s in the Roza District, a spacious
agricultural valley that was etched out of the sage desert in South
Central Washington. He also traces the impact that the nearby
Hanford Atomic Works had on his family and the region. At an early
age Powell’s concept of the American West was shaped by all three
of these factors. The 101 black and white duotone images featured
in this compelling volume are mostly from large format negatives
(8x10 and 4x5). They highlight a particular period in Powell’s
art practice, the 1980s and 90s, when he photographed in the high
desert country of Oregon and Washington, as well as in Nevada,
California, Arizona, Idaho, and Utah. Several images from the
Midwest mark his graduate school experience and first teaching
position, before he migrated back to the West to teach photography
at the University of Oregon. In photographing the West, Powell was
interested in the land as a dynamic theater, the constant shifting
of events that moved through his view, on and off road. Points of
intersection, the clashing of events where humans interface with
the land, occur often within this fabric of beauty and wildness.
Powell’s view of the West is broad and diverse, from the visual
harmony found in the vastness of space and light, to ironic
tensions found through chance and close observation. On one level,
Powell was simply measuring his vision of the land against the
memories of his childhood. In the second essay, “The Geography of
a Life,” esteemed curator, historian, and author Keith F. Davis
sheds light on the nature and particular qualities of the work, and
on how it is deeply embedded in Powell’s lifelong experience with
the West.
General
Imprint: |
Oregon State University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
Authors: |
Dan Powell
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Dimensions: |
241 x 279mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
136 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-87071-242-5 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-87071-242-X |
Barcode: |
9780870712425 |
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