TOM ZETTERSTROM – MOVING POINT OF VIEW
2020-10-12Raising questions about established photographic realities, Tom Zetterstrom’s silver prints, made throughout the 1970s and 80s, synthesize traditional landscape photography with a cinematic sweep of motion. Shot from a car, a train, or airplane, the unique combination of elements that results – some adrift, some still – makes the viewer acutely aware of his lagging eyes and mind when confronted with the more efficient oculus of the camera.
Going to considerable lengths to facilitate his artistic fiction, including wiring strobe lights to the front of his car and carefully setting the camera tripod in the center of the front seat, Zetterstrom reveals the beauty and surprise inherent in his photographic portrayal of movement.
Opposite – Departing D.C., 1980
Exhibition runs through to November 7th, 2020
Joseph Bellows Gallery
7661 Girard Avenue
La Jolla
CA 920372
