Roadside Scenes II

… it’s actually an energy thing. The energy flowing between “us”. The phenomenon of photography is the energy of light reflected from the “object” and falling “on the photographer” – a human being, living, from the point of view of the cosmos, a fraction of a second and sensitive to the surrounding world. The photographs in this exhibition are a photochemical, aesthetic response to this “hit” of reality. Empty buildings, crumbling farm barns, proving the existence of another time. Dried up, abandoned by last autumn’s leaves, tree branches which, like a theatrical scenery, cover the wall of an old building. Perception of reality “from the side” – in a fraction of a second – the destiny of photography. The PICTURE becomes important. Authentic, existing regardless of the moment of its disclosure. As if not remembering that the reason for its creation concerned a specific place and time. As if objectively existing reality was irrelevant. It didn’t last forever. Photographs do not seem to stop objects “towards eternity”. They don’t “own” them. They allow their existence to flow freely between perception and registration. The photograph seems to leave them in their places, as if they could die peacefully in their own “real” world without leaving a trace. And this, perhaps, makes these photographs unique… After all, seeing does not always mean stopping….
Wojciech Zawadzki