Images from Stuart Allen's Baja Series
I’m really into Stuart Allen’s Baja series of photographs (examples above). Allen explains:
“All of the photographs is this series are small sets of pixels extracted from a single digital photograph, taken by the artist in Baja California, Mexico in 2003. Titles indicate the section of the original photograph from which the pixels are taken. Aside from a dramatic increase in scale, the pixels have not been modified or re-arranged.”
In a nod to Josef Albers, Allen’s photographs consist of flat squares of color – each one a pixel. They are sort of like anti-snapshots. Rather than capturing anything and everything, Allen edits images down to the point of pure color and form.
The images tread the line between the artist’s hand and happenstance. I like the idea of extracting recognizable content and using color out of context to describe a place.
To see more of his work, visit http://www.stuartallen.info
