"A mechanic his whole life, the garage charts over thirty years of collecting, accumulating and repurposing of objects... Yet, my grandfather's presence is etched on the interior of the space, made visible in the piles of objects, machinery, engine parts and re-appropriated receptacles... Within this dark and dirty space is the essence of the man that created it."
When looking through these beautiful photographs it gives me a different perspective to a working mans garage, very different to the company garage that I am looking at for this project.
It has a remanent of time to them and by this I mean that in comparison to the Arriva, that it a company that does all the same things every single day, each person in the company is a cog that keeps the machine running so it never stops. Yet with Sam's grandfather he worked alone on his many projects for the majority of his life, all of which were equally challenging and frustrating, yet rewarding. In the photos you can pick out many of the things that he was working on such as fixing up an old car however, in his passing there was no one to keep that well oiled machine (known as his workshop) running so that it turn slowed time down to a halt which is a very prominent, yet elegant, feature of these photographs.
The lighting in these photographs is probably my favourite feature. For me it adds almost an angelic presence to them, almost as if his grandfather is present in more then just the dirty cloths and the empty chair, it truly is something magical. I specifically like the way that a small fraction of light comes through the window and hits the cloths and the back the car that he had been working on, its almost like he's 'sending a sign' or a message for someone to finish what he started and for me it adds a nice and warm feeling of both affability and closure.
Information (quotes) can be found at: http://www.samvale.com/presence-is-a-curious-thing
Images can be found at: http://www.samvale.com/presence-is-a-curious-thing
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