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Swan My Mother Said :: Hobo 23

Speculative Ontology

Category: Photographs

Written by hobo23@gmail.comMarch 4, 2013April 6, 2018

I am awating the delivery of more instant film. Meanwhile I used a medium-format film camera to take photographs of fowl poop in the park. I am told that goose poop and swan poop are indistinguishable other than under the eye of an expert.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comJune 6, 2013April 6, 2018

The Park House. I’ve been using cyanotype emulsion and film to collect the swan-light in two stages and fix it’s presence in three dimensions. My entire process is being done in the park.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comSeptember 7, 2013April 6, 2018

The long neck of the swan appears in an image of the morning sky.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comOctober 6, 2013April 6, 2018

A plastic toy camera has been handy for conducting reconnaissance.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comJanuary 6, 2014April 6, 2018

The lake is frozen over hard but the surface continues to reflect the light.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comApril 3, 2014April 3, 2018

I’ve taken a photograph from the boathouse exactly one year after taking a similar photograph in the hope that the repetition will bring me luck in my hunt.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comApril 17, 2016March 4, 2019

An Imperfection In The Photographic Emulsion Marks The Presence Of The Swan.

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