I stopped by the Paul Baker Prindle lecture, expecting to see some beautiful and intriguing photos from his current work, Mementi Mori, a collection of photos from where people have been murdered based on their sexual preference. I definitely found much more than that.
His work in this piece reminded me of the Midtown audio tour walking from the two childhood friend's homes to the park where they used to play. The photographs, and the audio tour, made me look at buildings and the memories surrounding them (even if they weren't my memories) in a totally different way. In both pieces, death was the main, sort of hidden sorrow.
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| A photo from Mementi Mori. |
Prindle described having experimented with photographing friends in their youth and truly capturing certain moments in their life. This again reminded me of the audio tour with the two friend's letters, reminiscing about times past and their childhood memories. Each had different moments that stood out to them — much like a photograph captures a moment in time, where endless thoughts can arise just be looking at it. Photos can also become a way of creating memory, as Prindle described when he wasn't able to remember his car accident.
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