“The student who would become a landscape photographer, must go to the country and live there for long periods; for in no other way can he get any insight into the mystery of nature”
Peter Henry Emerson, Naturalistic Photography, 1890
I caught the number 97 bus to Chingford for a day out in Epping Forest…
Site/Nonsite
Robert Smithson
“A desire path (also known as a desire line or social trail) is a path developed by erosion caused by footfall. The path usually represents the shortest or most easily navigated route between an origin and destination. The width and amount of erosion of the line represents the amount of demand.”
Wikipedia
“And the reason you can’t look at a photograph for a long time is because there’s virtually no time in it – the imbalance between the two experiences, the first and second lookings, is too extreme.”
David Hockney
“Given the choice between an elegant idea and a dumb idea, I’m going to go with the dumb idea.”
John Baldessari
“All conceptual art is just pointing at things.”
Al Held
“Naming things has something to do with human awareness, with the separation of the entire world from you.”
“Art is possible without artistic intention and can be better without it.”
Hiroshi Sugimato
“Something I flirt with a lot that is very difficult for me – emotionally difficult – is working with a single image in a single frame… I am interested when two images abut each other. It’s like when two words collide and some new meaning comes out of it.”
John Baldessari
“Can one make works of art which are not works of art?”
Marcel Duchamp
“… where does art reside? Is it physically there in the painting? Is it in my head? Could it be a trace memory? Could it be a photo? What is necessary for it? Can you just talk about it? And so on…”
John Baldessari
“How will they know it’s me? Can this be enough? Will they know how sensitive I am? Will they see the real me underneath this refusal to reveal any personal stuff or to engage in any obvious universalities?”
David Salle
“I used to be very uncomfortable calling myself an artist, because I thought it was qualitative, not just a generic title. ”
John Baldessari
My name is Ian Talbot and I am an artist and photographer living in London.
This blog is intended as an insight into the research, thinking and connections that precede the projects I undertake. I will also show new and experimental work. Naturally, not all of the work shown here will eventually make the cut. These are very much 'works in progress'...
You can see a complete collection of my work at my website:
Ian Talbot :: Objectively Speaking