The Desisive Moment: Artist Statement
While the title of this show plays on the groundbreaking images of Cartier-Bresson, this series addresses the theme of choice by coupling images from classic films, made with a homemade pinhole camera, and photographic color fields. The image of the film star has replaced that of the religious icon as the harbinger of moral dilemmas, and subsequently the subjects here are chosen at a moment that indicates a character’s conflict or revelation within a film plot. The contrasting color fields (derived from various subjects) are used to point to the elements of choice. As color has an emotional reality of its own, the viewer will be left with an impression based on individual color responses. The configurations are meant to allow the viewer to ‘enter’ the work as a person might pass through a doorway.