Henry Hargreaves 用最愉快的顏色來紀錄最難過的事;一頓便飯,紀錄了他的個性、他的過錯以及他傷害過別人的種種。
或者只說 Henry Hargreaves 的話,從名字上看來有點陌生,不過談到他的作品,印象也就排山倒海的來。《Deep Fried Gadgets》應該是我第一個看他的相集,而我另一個最喜歡的就是他用米來組成的《Mark Rice-Ko》,可愛又搞怪的創意運用在意想不用天馬行空的地方;獨特又反常的想法又或是黑暗事情配上他招牌的高度色彩的拍攝風格,有時是對比,有時是襯托,有時是諷刺。
關於這次《NO SECONDS》相集,主題是死刑犯的最後晚餐。死亡或者不會預知,可是如果是死刑犯呢。知道必須行刑告別眼前的世界,最後一餐會選擇吃什麼?
死刑方式和死囚被對待的方式都因應地區而有不同,有的會有金額限制,有的是任意點選,也有獄警會給死囚買來最後一餐。Henry Hargreaves 選擇以色彩艷麗的魚度去拍攝這些終極一餐,同時以文字紀錄即將離開世界的死囚受刑的原因、方式以及最後果腹的一餐。
有人要求牛扒龍蝦大魚大肉再配蘋果批雪燃還邊看 Lord of the Rings,在 Texas 的或者都吃跟大家一樣的 last meal,有人只點一枚 olive、有人拒絕進食、有人點吃兩 pints 的薄荷朱古力雪糕、有曾經營三所 KFC 的死囚選吃雞桶餐配士多啤梨。
Henry Hargreaves 根據有限的資料將 last meal 以他的手法重現人前,配合盡量詳細的描述;希望大家可以透過鏡頭了解筆墨無法形容的心情和情景。右邊的文字是客觀的外在的,是世人對他的罪名和人生的描述;左邊的照片是卻是內在的個人的,是他自己最後想要享受的得到的。畢業眼裡所看到的,除了實實在在的東西以外,還有像空氣一樣無色無味但一直存在的。
NO SECONDS
In my photography I have always been fascinated by the mix of the mundane and the extraordinary. So I while was reading about efforts to stop the Last Meal tradition in Texas it sparked my interest. In the most unnatural moment there is (state sponsored death) what kind of requests for food had been made?
In New Zealand (where I’m from), and in fact nearly any where else in the developed world, the Death Penalty is just not even in the conversation. It is a remnant of an earlier era. This little bit of civility, “hey we are going to kill you but what would you like to eat?” just jumped off the page.
I felt it could be a really interesting idea to try to represent visually. Researching this topic strangely personalized these people for me and for a moment was able to identify with them through the common denominator of food.
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