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I am currently working on a series of contemporary photographic landscapes I call "area photography".

The subject matter I gravitate toward is unspectacular, and the images are a
mischievous reaction to "epic" photography. There is a tension between meaning and meaninglessness that is expressed in this work.

This series is an exploration of the ephemeral, the peripheral. I am looking for the monumental in the yard: neglect's found aesthetic. Through the juxtaposition of spatial elements, use of color and light, and choice of subject, a sort of "discovered" narrative emerges, highlighting incompleteness as a condition of everyday life.

Ben Herzhaft