Hardcover
160 pages; 74 Photographs
310 x 250mm
160 pages; 74 Photographs
310 x 250mm
In the tradition of Stephen Shore and Joel Sternfeld, Derek Henderson set out, in 2004, with a view camera and colour film to see what was really happening on the islands. A level of social critique is clearly played out, but resonant throughout the work is an abiding affection for how the people have made ‘paradise’ their own. Cars, houses, churches, street corners and long stretches of open road crop up over and over in these detail-rich, saturated colour images.
“These photographs were taken over a 4-month period in 2004-2005. I was trying to recapture what I saw as a child in the backseat of my parents' car when we went on holiday. Even though the car was moving fast, the car window seemed to frame, isolate and freeze these moments which have stayed with me more as emotions rather than as images.”
