Wednesday Edition: Ian Baguskas
It's Wednesday, which means it's time for more photo goodness from 20x200. Today's snowy landscape comes to us from road-tripping Hot Shot Ian Baguskas.
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8.5"x11"
Edition of 200 each $20.
17"x22"
Edition of 20 each $200.
30"x40"
Edition of 2 each $2000.
Ian is a 2007 Hey, Hot Shot! Ultra, in the fine company of three other 20x200 artists Kate Bingaman-Burt, Alison Grippo and Joseph O. Holmes. Ian's always on a road trip, or about to leave for one. He's out West right now snapping away, and I've been enjoying his email dispatches from the field.
I share Ian's interest in how we modern American folk pursue leisure and manufacture authentic (*cough*) experiences to connect us with nature, or an idealized version of our history or better yet: both! Kamping Kabins combines of all these concepts in one awfully appealing photograph. Says Ian in his statement:
I photographed them from the edge of a large interstate during a snowstorm. The fact that these cabins are so close to a busy road makes them not as quaint as they seem in the picture. The desire to stay in rustic "Old West" style lodging fascinates me as does the compromise made by staying in ones right next to a road full of cars and trucks speeding by.
This photo triggers and connects a lot of happy associations for me. It's one of those idealized landscapes, almost a Currier & Ives vibe but not really. (And it's hard for me to suspend disbelief, knowing as I do now that the interstate was rumbling behind Ian as he clicked the shutter.) It's a snowy desert, which seems a contradiction in terms to my city self - I always think of relentless heat and tumbleweeds when contemplating the desert. (Clearly I watched too many Road Runner cartoons as a kid.) The desert reminds me of an epic road trip I took through Arizona and New Mexico this past Spring. The color of the cabins reminds me of the Lincoln Logs that I played with when I was a kid. And speaking of my kid-self, it also reminds me of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books I read obsessively throughout grade school.
All of this is to say: This is my kind of photo. Sure, I enjoy it from an aesthetic perspective, but it also gets me thinking.
That's it for this week. I am now going to return my attention to all kinds of other things: Beth Dow's exhibition, the upcoming Hey, Hot Shot! show, my neglected personal blog, travel planning (Paris? Minnesota? Los Angeles?), gift certificates, future editions and the fact that my dog really needs a bath pronto.
See you next week!
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