Dave Jordano
26 Oct
from Articles of Faith
from Chanute AFB
Last week I saw Dave Jordano‘s work at Verve Photo and really loved the Artices of Faith project. It’s rare that I like every photo in a series, but I liked everything I saw in Articles of Faith – personal and public spaces for worship, little messes and striking traces. I usually like a mix of interiors and portraits and landscapes and whatnot in a project like this, but this time the traces say a lot about the people who worship in these places, and I like that it is not about individual characters but about group belief and group action. A book of this work has just come out, and I’m curious to see if these first impressions change at all when I see them pictures in print.
Dave has been working on a project, called Prairieland, which contains a mix of portraits, interiors and exteriors, but I still like the telling little interiors the most. He says:
I do see it as a similar project to the church work, being culturally based and bordering on the idiosyncratic, but on a larger scale and more complex. I’m definitely drawn to subject matter that I am unfamiliar with which drives my curiosity and my need for understanding.
A book is not on the horizon yet, as he is still shooting, but I hope it happens eventually. It’d make a great little book. I’ve had my fill of large scale, highly proportionate industrial scenes for the moment. Anyhow, do check out his work on his site; as you can see from the AFB photos, there’s more to see!
