Inspiration Thursday #14: John Divola

This week's Inspiration is John Divola, a photographer who spoke at my school today and I really enjoyed his work! His work involves a lot about creating a photograph, making a scene. Divola indulges in finding his subjects by chance -- politely breaking into abandoned houses, taking pictures of houses in the desert, and documenting their change.

He just overall seemed like such a down-to-earth kind of guy. When a student asked some presumptuous question about if he is interested in his mark-making performance as a part of his photography, Divola just went, "Um, nope. They only exist as photographs. I'm not interested in performance or installation."

There are two series (though I'll share a few from each) that I really enjoyed: 1) Dogs Chasing My Car (which is EXACTLY how it sounds) and 2) The Green of This Notebook, which illustrates lines from Satre. Check out his website here, for more images.

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Dogs Chasing My Car

Paraphrasing from what he said about these photos: "We'd drive in through the desert and there would just be these dogs sitting out there. And as soon as they saw us they'd start running. They were friendly, they'd lick your hands. But us driving by was like the highlight of their day."

Soo cute!

The Green of this Notebook

Like his work? Hate it? All opinions welcome, just leave a comment!

Hope you're having a great week!