I have just received the latest copy of AG magazine. One of the articles is about series of photographs made by the Russell Wright entitled 'Men of Arlington'. It is a powerful set of portraits of men who live at a hostel in North London. However, for some reason the AG printers have screwed up as the reproduction is not what you would expect. In fact it looks like some of my attempts at black and white printing - but that is another story. However, it does have the unintended effect of making the photographs even darker than should otherwise have been. Now for some this does not work but for one or two it really adds to the power of the work.
Interestingly, the same printing error has occurred on a series of photographs made by David Houghton. Here it just look a mess and distracts from the work. I suppose this says more about the beholder rather than any artistic value but perhaps that is the point of art - it is all in the eye of the beholder?
To see the full selection of images then click here and this will take you to Russell Wright's website.
(Photograph 14 - Men of Arlington - Russell Wright)
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