honorable mention
Peter Stitt united states
title
Praesens Memoriae (The Present is a Memory)
Much like the memories of this landscape from my youth, the images of these places in their present state are not meant to criticize. The intent is not to mourn the loss of people or jobs, nor is it to exploit the empty, neglected, or crumbling. These photographs are a document, an illustration of the present as the memory it has become.
Working currently as a full-time artist, he produces images that reflect on the social landscape that composes our everyday environment. With influences from street photography and the New Topographics movement, his photography creates a narrative that answers and questions the curious nature of familiarity and that which is commonly ignored.
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entry description
Throughout many small towns in the United States, and in the south in particular, it seems as though the memory of the past coexists with the present. One might think this to be nostalgia, and for an older generation that remembers a certain time, this may be the case. However, like myself, many are not old enough to remember these places ever being much different than they are today. In my eyes, they are constantly the same; a memory and the present dancing together in a visual coexistence, each one fed by the other.Much like the memories of this landscape from my youth, the images of these places in their present state are not meant to criticize. The intent is not to mourn the loss of people or jobs, nor is it to exploit the empty, neglected, or crumbling. These photographs are a document, an illustration of the present as the memory it has become.
about the photographer
Currently residing in North Augusta, SC, Peter Stitt is a photographer who has been exhibited nationally and internationally, from Portland, OR, to Budapest, Hungary. A graduate of Northeastern University, he has studied and honed his craft through teaching, commercial assisting, and gallery management.Working currently as a full-time artist, he produces images that reflect on the social landscape that composes our everyday environment. With influences from street photography and the New Topographics movement, his photography creates a narrative that answers and questions the curious nature of familiarity and that which is commonly ignored.
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