Jeudi 15 Janvier 2015 14:53:56 par actuphoto dans Expositions

In his photographic series "Lick Creek Line" Ron Jude follows a fur trapper into the wilderness of the American West. But just as the route of the trapper along a river takes him deeper and deeper into nature and further and further away from the security of human settlements, the photographic series itself takes the viewer into uncertain territory. Documentary photography that, just a moment ago, still had been conceived as actual representation of reality, dissolves into the poetic freedom of a fictional narrative. While following his subject along the river, Jude reflects on the possibilities of storytelling in photography, on the blurring line between documentary and fiction in his work and on the new space that is thus created. "For every good story", says Joerg Colberg in his review of the work, "requires an empty space that the reader / viewer can insert a part of himself / herself."

Ron Jude Abandoned Cabin. From Lick Creek Line, 1998/2011