Photographer of the week 12: ParkHarrison

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Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison

from Architect’s Brother series

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  1. Stephanie Kennedy
    2:44 am, 10.17.11

    Robert and Shana Parke Harrison create examples of storytelling and imagination. When I look at this photograph I think of how the possibilities that people have in their lives. They have a photograph called “Reclamation,” I was in awe of this photograph because it made me seriously think about what if I was in control of nature? What if I could dramatically make a change in the world, what would I do?

  2. Ashlee Justice
    8:54 am, 10.27.11

    I love how out of the box this is. I also like how you can get more than one idea out of the image. It makes you wonder what was really going through their minds when they created this image. It caught my attention because of this. At first look I was thinking, “okay, so what is he doing? What are they saying here?” The image works so well because it has a deeper meaning than what we can see.

  3. Shawn Ogden
    8:53 am, 11.03.11

    I really liked the “Architect’s Brother” series. It seems to be a very successful blending of different styles. I thought the vintage 1920’s quirky style mixed with surrealism was very interesting. It made some of the photos fun while others had dark and serious undertones. My favorite was the man on the beech with the giant chains holding him back. Very simple, but it really conveyed feelings of power and rage.

  4. Sara Beth Almquist
    10:10 am, 11.08.11

    Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison have wild imaginations. I’m not always a fan of photography of this type, but these two seem to pull it off well. I must say their first two collections, Counterpoint and Gray Dawn, gave me the creeps. I’m sure it was their intention, but I flipped through them fast to avoid that feeling of discomfort. However, their series on the Architect’s Brother made me feel more relaxed, and it even made me laugh. Some people may go for the Edgar Allen Poe-esque images of the first two series, but I enjoyed the humor and whimsicality of the third.

  5. Nil Santana
    12:49 pm, 11.08.11

    These are wonderful and carefully crafted images. There are some sort of mystical quality to them, fantasy, and surrealism. It is also interesting how they move the viewer into the ‘discomfort’ zone (like Sara Beth mentioned). I think that’s exactly what they propose, a confrontation—aesthetically, formally, emotionally.

  6. Chelsey Tatum
    1:50 pm, 12.09.11

    I did a little research of my own finding other shots they captured. I like the dark, mysterious quality – and having things feel straight out of a wild dream. The eccentricities are conveyed so well here but leave just enough room to finish thinking things through on your own. Creative innovation here, which is refreshing to see. I love that it encourages me to take my mind elsewhere when I look at their series of pieces, my mind doesn’t give up in seven seconds and move on to something else but I stay and play in the world they’ve created. Not many can say they do that well, I think.

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