Most of my videos are of lost and forgotten places, and while visiting these places I have often pondered the people that once inhabited them. Who were they…where are they? To a large extent they are here. These are the inhabitants of my “drowned worlds.”
These works are the expression of such unusual phenomena that I think is created by the everlasting accumulation, or piles of time that are embedded in the process of forest growing.
“I know that part of my attraction to a lone old car on some quiet urban street or sitting out in the desert is because it plays into a fantasy of a time after the car.”
The dowry becomes a cathartic process of mourning, remembrance and consolation.
More and more, Pennhurst’s amazing true story is is becoming buried. I like to think my little film is helping keep it alive.
Poetry and photography by Cristina Finotto, of the Po delta.
I feel I share a common interest in subject matter with Delano, and have traveled to many of the same places – just in very different times and circumstances.
“I am driven to document my surroundings to try to find a sense of place in the world.”
An art exhibit comes to rest in an abandoned New Jersey Neighborhood
“I find that one has to take an almost Zen-like approach to image making with pinholes – you can’t rush the process! Your subject matter and compositional decisions need to be very carefully considered – although framing is usually imprecise. The simplicity is perfect as you can concentrate on the creative aspects of photography rather than being bogged down with technicalities.”
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