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November 01, 2008

Donovan Wylie finds a hint of romance.

 

 

I saw things today photography couldn't capture, and I am not sure I can describe – brief encounters, sexual tension, love? Within concrete compounds, those tight, walled-off, enclosed spaces, in the middle of what seems at times like an architectural fantasy – the embassies, the palaces, security companies, departments of one kind or another – you occasionally notice a couple brushing past each other, a flinching look, a touch of the finger, a smile that is more than a smile. It always seems teenage, and thus very sweet, but under the circumstances I guess completely natural, like an unavoidable situation. The Green Zone is predominately male-orientated. One man said to me, the most unattractive women scores a ten. Woke up three times in the night because of helicopters.

 

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I thank internet for allowing us to discover incredible things that otherwise we wouldn't be able to see. As I watched carefully your photos I thought it would be a great exhibit. But it would be extremely hard to organize, instead I look at them confortably on a beautiful Mac screen, in pretty good conditions. I also wonder if the colours would be different in print etc etc. The texts are great too. I loved the photo of the bicycles... We hear much less from Irak lately (too much other input in media right now) and watching and reading these blogs is a necessary and enjoyable way of non forgetting this kind of issue. These cement blocks - besides the place where they are photographed and the political issue they represent - are abstractally very beautiful. I expect from art (film - photo - painting - writing) to make me change my point of view. It's exactly how I feel when looking at your work. Your parents must worry a little... Take care. Sincerely, E. Lionnet. Paris - France
Comment posted by E. Lionnet (not verified) on November 5th, 2008
in past days having a colony meant a country built a suburb.. a business district.. in it's own image and in a totally foreign country.. today it seems to mean just building military bases.. great post donovan, and good to see american colonial activity represented on here.
Comment posted by david bowen (not verified) on November 2nd, 2008