Caravan Storage by Matthew Dallos

Matthew Dallos' multi-panel work presents us with scenes that bridge man and nature. Power lines meet mountain-sides and a trailer park is is crowded, without a soul in sight. Timbered logs lay in a field, now empty of growth, and one feels faintly forlorn about the implied trail of the humans. Photographed on the South Island of New Zealand, the landscape appears at first and second glance, both familiar, yet foreign. Where are the people who tread in these person-less panoramas? And when do they occupy these spaces? The nature of these spaces has been dictated by our intrusion, and we create new lines that change the landscape.

Like the work of David Hilliard, who was also mentioned earlier this week, the multi-panel frame lends to the way one interprets the narrative. The image is partitioned, so reads like a storyboard, even if originally composed as a single frame. Hilliard's images suggest a human narrative, where lights are on in a house and his subjects meandering in foreground and background often experience a passive and mysterious interaction. In contrast, Dallos looks to the lines of the landscape to speak the "story of the place" without human subjects to carry that voice.

See more from this series on Matthew Dallos' website.