Tuesday, February 5, 2008

BRYAN LEAR: Signifiers of the American Landscape



In this body of work I am exploring the mixture of banality and oddness that is present in our interaction with the natural environment. I'm fascinated by the ways we control and shape nature to our own needs and aesthetic interests. Through development, strange and unnatural new landscapes have been created. I have an affection for these spaces I'm photographing, but also an uneasiness for what they might represent. With these images I aim to give a renewed awareness of our relationship to nature, and to draw attention to the pleasures of seeing.

-BRYAN LEAR

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