Under an Indifferent Sunby
instepsComment by ubique: It's interesting that you should mention Trent Parke (who of course is a Magnum photographer; so curiouser and curiouser) because the first reaction I had to this essay was to be reminded of Trent Parke's early stuff in the streets of Sydney, where the light is, as he says, particularly dramatic at the right time of day (anything before the pubs open is about right, though when I lived there there were 'early openers' that welcomed the desperate drinker at 7:30am).
The Trent Parke early work I refer to is
right here. Click on 'Dream/Life' after the link opens.
Your last essay was about the people of Taiwan; this one is about the light of Taiwan. It's a very nice change of POV for we who love your stuff.
As well as the light, I also enjoyed the forms, especially clear in the first half of the essay, but present in all of them. The light has a transformative effect on the forms, creating sculptures out of prosaic structures, and heavenly portals out of gaps or openings in the overhead awnings.
It's another loving essay by a photographer who's very far from indifferent, and I'm happy to 'be there' with you.
Interesting to see a swastika in the last image; in this context I suppose it would be a Buddhist mark?
A happy half hour I spent here. Thank you.
Photographer found comment helpful.
