Risograph 1993 RC6300
5 x 8 in, ed. of 20
Author’s Note.
One of my great inspirations, Taryn Simon, revealed to me that fact is, indeed, greater than fiction. Her collections of photography document unlikely objects; American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar offers visual cues into the secrets of the United States. It is a volume of mystery and intrigue, of access and beauty. In her volumes, Simon offers a robust, fleshed out recollection.
I was briefly alone in conversation with Michael Famighetti, the editor of Aperture magazine at the Half King on West 23rd street in NY. While trying not to make a fool of myself, I discovered that he spent a summer in Mendocino with a girlfriend, painting the iconic church there white. Just one of a string of coincidences that are tied to places
like Mendocino.
In the hopes of weaving fact and fiction together, this zine combines found objects from Mendocino and Fort Bragg thrift stores with analog photos I took during our trip there in July, 2018. Aren’t pages from the magazines we read as enlightening as actual photographs of us? Sometimes I can’t capture an experience as fully as I need to. Not sure if this is art or a disorder.
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