Perpendicularity. From Sep 13th through Oct 20th, 2008. From September 13th through October 20th, 2008, Dot Fiftyone Gallery presents Perpendicularity a new body of work from LA - based photographer Mark Indig.
Civilization is all about creating order out of chaos. We build structures and environments that make us feel like things are organized and safe. Those are the places Mark Indig likes to shoot, by being close enough to remove the clutter and distractions around them. What are left are the essential shapes and colors that are a universal reflection of man's hopes, fears, successes and failures. Indig sees these elements in almost a musical language of themes, styles and tempos.
He is most interested in the in-between places; those likely to be redeveloped, restored, repainted, rebuilt, fixed up, torn down or paved over. The places between the new downtown and the old downtown; between downtown and the suburbs; between the suburbs and the farms. The places that have little chance of looking the same or even existing 5 years from now.
Concurrently with becoming an award-winning fine art photographer specializing in urban landscapes, Indig has also risen in the ranks of the motion picture world. He has worked as Studio Executive (Disney, Universal), a Production Manager ("The Village", "The Guardian" and the upcoming "Tropic Thunder") and Producer (Miramax). He even worked on the Oscar-winning classic "Titanic".
But it was his early years as feature film location manager that informed his photographic eye, giving him a unique perspective on the urban landscape, and a very cinematic style of interpreting it. For 15 years Indig traveled locally, around the USA and internationally to find places to films movies like "Body Heat" and "The Big Chill". His mission was always to find locations that evoke a sense memory in the audience; that summed up a character or created a mood or told story.
Through his location-finding adventures, he developed a skill for the "art of getting lost", which allowed him to follow his nose no matter how far of the original path. The job required he photograph these locations in a way that people sometimes thousand miles away could see not only the appearance of the place, but also it soul. Mark Indig was born in New York City and currently lives and work in Los Angeles.
From September 13th through October 20th, 2008, Dot Fiftyone Gallery presents Perpendicularity a new body of work from LA - based photographer Mark Indig.
