Taylor Stevenson: Roy Salter

I really enjoy Roy Salters abandoned spaces and objects collection and his absence series. I enjoy these series the most because they are very delicate and come with a higher meaning. For example when his Great-Grandmother died he began to take pictures of what remained in her old house. He took pictures of her dolls, her "good-china", and everything else she had left in that matter. As he began to capture the interior and exterior of the space he began to realize the "photographed spaces are both fluid and static in duality in that they reflect not only the past, but reveal the present through their continually transforming states, the gradual removal of her identity, and authorship from within the home." He began to notice how ones memory could fade so rapidly after all of the morners have gone. So after looking into his work I began to realize what I could do in-order to fit into what I fear the most, which is losing someone who I love. 

Roy Salter likes to isolate objects in this photography. Mostly only focusing on 1 or two objects at a time. I believe this is because he wants to give a bigger meaning to the things that might go unnoticed. Especially in the series of his Great-Grandmothers home, he wants to show each and every object that was left, in a way it seems as if he was doing a case study of his Grandmothers home. His work defiantly explores a distinct location getting deep into the details. He also edits his photos with a vignette which gives his  images a timeless feel.