Escape

2019 – 2020

To purchase limited edition prints, contact John’s studio at gollings@gollings.com.au

 

Just as photography freed the painter from realism now video and the rise of social media has freed the photographer from the traditional realistic and literal images to have a more evocative role. With this series of pictures Gollings has broken away from the clarity and perfection of the optical image. His desire is to explore the struggle to make sense of the image. These pictures nostalgically link his first photographs as a teenage photographer on the same Melbourne bayside beaches, whilst embracing a more reductionist approach.

To purchase a John Gollings print, please contact:

T: +61 (3) 95370733

E: gollings@gollings.com.au

“Just as photography freed the painter from realism, now video and the rise of social media has freed the photographer from the traditional realistic and literal images to have a more evocative role. With this series of Escapist images, I have broken away from the clarity and perfection of the optical image. My desire is to explore the struggle of making sense of an image. These pictures nostalgically link my first photographs as a teenage photographer on the same Melbourne bayside beaches, whilst embracing a more reductionist approach.”

John Gollings 2020

Previous

Explore: The European Destruction Of The Indigenous Landscape
Next

John Gollings: The History Of The Built World