Recollection M. Walker
The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again.
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PHOTOGRAPHS
01 Earth and Science 02 Phone 03 Double 04 Interior Landscape 05 Dorm #2, Week 12 06 “B” 07 Mail Slots 08 Hurdles 09 Double #2 10 Dorm #3 (Week 12) 11 “The Wall,” Pink Floyd, 1979 12 Anatomy #1 (Upper Body) 13 Burlap Couch Dorm Room 14 Bulletin Board- Previous Term 15 Lecture Hall Lounge 16 Aluminium Bleachers 17 Anatomy #2 (Appendages) 18 “Quite Study Room,” Library 19 Architectural Rendering 20 Anatomy #3 (Cranium)
21 Site Preparation 22 Caution Horse Tree 23 New Construction 24 Stained Glass 25 Alchemy 26 Banquet/ Work Study 27 Visitors Sideline 28 No Smoking 29 Eagle Shed 30 Vertical Build 31 Reference Stacks 32 Meeting Remains 33 General Circulation 34 Tea Room 35 Main Street #1 36 Senior Studio 37 Automated Sustenance 38 Campus Walk (PM) 39 10PM Bus 40 Red Cubicles
41 Main Streak 42 Main Street #2 43 Erie Canal Lift Bridge 44 Shell, Box Store 45 Acts of Congress 46 Barber, 9AM 47 Main Street Apartment(s) 48 Studio 49 Edge of Factory Property 50 Kleen Brite Laboratories 51 College Laboratory 52 Practice Field 53 Brick Facade 54 Eigenvalues 55 Dance Studio 56 Painting Studio 57 Independent Study 58 The Iliad 59 Erie the Artery 60 Canal View of SUNY
61 Golden Eagle 62 Gym Mats 63 Ecology 64 Winter 65 Hockey Rink, Behind Glass 66 Graduation #1 67 ART 101.08 68 Open Skate 69 Tundra 70 Lattice 71 Graduation #2 72 Graduation #3 73 Gymnasium 74 Ceremonial Conclusion 75 Tiles & X’s 76 Goals
AFTERWORD Recollection is boundless. Recollections populate the landscape as vestiges of memory, place markers or records, as much as products of ethereal perception. Recollection gathers images of place that populate disparate circumstances of personal experience within the physical landscape, a reflection of a particular place and time. The photograph promotes contemplating and reconciling otherworldly considerations rooted in memory and identification. It is the space between memory and perceived voids that drives the formation of associations through space and time. Recollection is a template of conceptual history, utilizing the contemporary landscape as the means of recognition and remembrance. The past dwells within these images of space and transition only to be aroused as an instant of flitting recognition. The locations are both intrinsic and obscure, and are often lost to more romantic notions of growth and remembrance. The artifactual construction of the contemporary landscape is no less significant as a place maker of memory, and therefore a part of this history. History is not bound to a seamless chronology, but is itself a collection of disparate experiences and subjective analysis.
First edition published in 2011 by: Visual Studies Workshop, Inc. Visual Studies Workshop 31 Prince Street Rochester, NY 14607 Photographs and text copyright Š 2011 by Matthew C. Walker All rights reserved. ISBN: 0-89822-133-1 * ISBN: 978-0-89822-133-6 This book was set in Arno Pro (Display & Subhead), and was printed & bound in the United States of America. First Printing, 2011 For information on the sale of additional books, individual prints, or a complete portfolio, please visit mwalkerphoto.com Cover image by author. Lecture Hall Lounge, 2010. Afterword image by author. History Inverted, 2010. Introductory passage: Benjamin, Walter. 2009. On the concept of history. New York: Classic Books America.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS It is with gratitude that I acknowledge the assistance received throughout the duration of this opportunity. The behind-the-scenes support, and encouragement has been integral in the development of this photographic book project, and is central to its successful completion. Special thanks go to my colleagues at Visual Studies Workshop for this opportunity, and for the ongoing collaborative creative environment that I have benefitted from, and am fortunate to contribute to, and work within. The 175th Anniversary committee at the College at Brockport, the Department of Art, and the institution at-large also deserve a hearty note of appreciation. Through the 175th Anniversary committee’s project commission, and the associated honorarium via an artist residency at Visual Studies Workshop this publication was made possible. Additionally, the interest, assistance and generosity of the faculty, staff, and students at the College at Brockport has greatly assisted in the completion of this project. Lastly, I want to express my gratitude to my family. Without their continuous support and flexibility this endeavor would not have been possible.
M. Walker, 2011