landscape portraits, as seen through an abandoned shed
maybe a ‘found’ Cornell box
sentinels, like good dogs, waiting for their owner to return
Photos by Mark Gerwing
liminal
a series of photos
a space one inhabits, a liminal space between, and an imaginary space beyond the next window, into …
a couple of these photos hang in my office, across from my desk. It’s nice to know your neighbors are watching, maybe, from behind the shutters.
these are all from varies places I have lived or stayed in Italy
a studio in Venice
a house in Tuscany
an apartment near Siena
photos by Mark Gerwing, 1988, 2006
Italian windows
views from Radicondoli, Tuscany. Maybe a tripartite altar screen to timelessness.
Photo by Mark Gerwing, 2006.
Santa Fe windows
These are some photos of windows in stucco and adobe walls in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The thickness of the walls, their massiveness, lends intensity to the openings. They really feel like they have been punched into the wall. The multiple panes heightens that tectonic. The color is almost like a bit of dramatic comic-relief – just enough saturated color to clearly indicate that these are man-made objects siting in a earthen wall, almost lighthearted, nearing whimsy, like scarecrows in a field.
Photos by Mark Gerwing, 2006.
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