January 12, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - February 25, 2018 @ 9:00 pm
Free
Exhibition Dates: January 12th – February 25th, 2018 in Photography Gallery, Flower City Arts Center, 713 Monroe Ave, Rochester NY 14607
Reception: Friday January 12th, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. in Photography Gallery, Flower City Arts Center, 713 Monroe Ave, Rochester NY 14607
Where Turkeys Go to Die is an exhibition of photographs by local photographer David Corbin.
Photographs on display were created with a 4×5 large-format film camera and Polaroid 600 camera. These images are a reflection of the artist’s history and experience – experiences dark and beautiful, uplifting and afflicted.
Artist Statement:
Out west from me off a country road is a small turkey farm with a silo and a large pen in the front. There are a few houses scattered about the land surrounding the farm. In autumn you can watch hundreds of white turkeys grow from babies to adults. I watched them every week on my commute to school. One day the turkeys disappeared. I often thought about the day they got to disappearing. I think about the sounds the nearby houses hear. I think about the blood spilled, and the haunting silence the next day – a singular sound (or non-sound) from what was polyphony.
These thoughts inspired me to make images about history and experience – experiences dark and beautiful, uplifting and afflicted. I traveled (often trespassed) to forgotten spaces with my 4×5 camera or Polaroid camera to photograph. Many times I teetered, quite literally, between a busy road and a quiet solace. I also made images of objects steeped in the same darkness and beauty as the landscape images.
Most of these images were made with my 4×5 large format camera. That camera is a huge pain in my ass. Sometimes it takes over an hour to make a single image. I process the negatives in a tray by hand, and my marks and mistakes are visible on the negative and in the image. I also use a Polaroid 600 camera, and combine two separate Polaroid images to create an expansive diptych.
Exhibition Dates: January 12th – February 25th, 2018 in Photography Gallery, Flower City Arts Center, 713 Monroe Ave, Rochester NY 14607
Reception: Friday January 12th, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. in Photography Gallery, Flower City Arts Center, 713 Monroe Ave, Rochester NY 14607
Where Turkeys Go to Die is an exhibition of photographs by local photographer David Corbin.
Photographs on display were created with a 4×5 large-format film camera and Polaroid 600 camera. These images are a reflection of the artist’s history and experience – experiences dark and beautiful, uplifting and afflicted.
Artist Statement:
Out west from me off a country road is a small turkey farm with a silo and a large pen in the front. There are a few houses scattered about the land surrounding the farm. In autumn you can watch hundreds of white turkeys grow from babies to adults. I watched them every week on my commute to school. One day the turkeys disappeared. I often thought about the day they got to disappearing. I think about the sounds the nearby houses hear. I think about the blood spilled, and the haunting silence the next day – a singular sound (or non-sound) from what was polyphony.
These thoughts inspired me to make images about history and experience – experiences dark and beautiful, uplifting and afflicted. I traveled (often trespassed) to forgotten spaces with my 4×5 camera or Polaroid camera to photograph. Many times I teetered, quite literally, between a busy road and a quiet solace. I also made images of objects steeped in the same darkness and beauty as the landscape images.
Most of these images were made with my 4×5 large format camera. That camera is a huge pain in my ass. Sometimes it takes over an hour to make a single image. I process the negatives in a tray by hand, and my marks and mistakes are visible on the negative and in the image. I also use a Polaroid 600 camera, and combine two separate Polaroid images to create an expansive diptych.
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Rochester, NY 14607 United States + Google Map