Pink Dots by aspiring HS Grant Willing

Apologies for the barren blog as of late, there will be recompense, you can be assured. Like many Hot Shots and HS Wannabes, I am still in pursuit of my luxurious degree, my BFA––and it is once again time to take care of business.

Yesterday, I flew into Chicago and was welcomed by freezing winds and snow. Leaving what was relatively mild weather in New York to find myself with nearly frostbitten toes and a beyond pink nose, aspiring Hot Shot Grant Willing's work struck a chord in me. Grant grew up in Colorado, another past home of mine, one where snow is quiet, clean, romantic, for skiing and snowmen. Trying desperately not to slip on the sidewalks of icy Chicago, I am hoping to find inspiration in Grant's words: "I am trying to show the beauty in the smaller things that have not been concealed by the weather; they form an entire picture where the rest of the frame is void of considerable detail." Not always an easy task. He goes on...

My photographs represent a bleak and often empty scene of places that I have visited. Even though most of my photographs show a presence of life, they still have an emptiness that suggests a lack of involvement and care. This carelessness presents a subtle irony that I am trying to capture.

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