Three new works by R. Clarke-Davis that continue his examination of everyday life and its particulars. Untitled makes reference to Clarke-Davis' approach to image-making with his inclusion of the following text, "a book of wander: trying to remember what i saw before i saw was put away," all of this set amongst photographs taken mostly from the streets, with the added play on the words 'wander' and 'wonder.'
street haunting a book of wander: virginia woolfing along the N line, the photographs in this snake book were all taken at night so there are no people around which imbues them with a sense of quietness and mystery. I must admit I'm totally missing the Virginia Woolf reference, and I'm assuming the 'haunting' in the title also represents the potentially disquieting activity of taking photographs under the disguise of darkness.
a commonplace book: cadence, according to the Mirriam Webster's online dictionary a cadence is "a rhythm, or a flow of words or music, in a sequence that is regular (or steady as it were)." This definition would seem very apt for this long panoramic color photograph of different colored stones on a darkened brown sand. There's a real beauty to this image and the rhythm of the stones on the sand works really well as they play out across the length of the accordion format.
untitled, 2024
16 pages, individually 4" x 3.5", when unfolded 4ft 8"
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street haunting: a book of wander:
virginia woolfing along the N line, 2024
16 pages, individually 5" x 4" and unfolded 5ft 4"
reverse side
back cover
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cadence, 2024
18 single-sided pages, individually 4" x 4", and unfolded 6ft
title and Kiddie Viddy Press publishing information
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