The House of Ingram
A nineteenth century critic once stated that photography describes everything and explains nothing. How ironic that this negative missive is also the staging ground for the medium’s expressive potential.
I acknowledge photography’s descriptive function - its superior representation of visual facts. At the same time, I believe that a photograph's meaning is not limited to an identification of its subject.
It is this ambiguity of the photographic message and the propensity humans have for turning fact into symbol that is of greatest interest to me. With this in mind, I would say that these photographs clearly describe what the House of Ingram looks like. The visual facts, however, may also serve as a staging ground for a range of reflections to anyone who actively engages the work.
Sun Exposed Salt Prints from Photo Paper Negatives
Approximately 12 x 16 inches