This image is from Curtis Mann's work, Everything After, which is showing in Chicago right now. This particular image is called "Soldier". With all of the photographs in this series, he used a special technique including varnish and bleach. He varnished the areas of the print he wanted to protect and bleached the rest of it. Strategic areas have been removed to leave us with a wholly different image than the one he took. And these areas are not just white areas on the print, because the bleach leaves some color behind, it gives the image a much weirder look. In the case of this photo, the soldier looks like he may be on fire or like he's exploded from the inside. Either way, it looks like he is exuding a ridiculous amount of light from his head. Because the bits that have been left behind are so much darker the the bright white, they leave us with the necessary pieces of information to see his face and the important parts of his uniform. The white star against the navy blue patch really pops agains all of the abstract whites and yellow. The more I look at it, the more realistic form it takes on. Everyone should go see his work at the Kavi Gupta gallery before December 4th! It's looks fantastic from the site and I plan on going soon!
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