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notes on the work in search of troy (NY) began about two years ago, and gathered pace after I read a biography of the great archeologist and fraudster, Heinrich Schliemann. I have been photographing Troy, New York since I began working and teaching there in 2002. After reading about Herr Schliemann's obsession with discovering ancient (ancient) Troy during the latter part of the 19th century, I came to the realization - an epiphany, if you will - that the nature of my project could reasonably be described as photo-archeology. Upon learning that Herr Schliemann and I shared a birthday - January 6th - I was tempted to suspect that our convergence was divinely ordained. Not being a religious person, I quickly dispensed with any notions of mystical involvement and embraced (purloined?) a phrase from Lautreamont to describe the Schliemann-Lunt encounter: "Beautiful, like the chance meeting of a sewing machine and an umbrella on a dissecting table." Overall, I think the images work best when they successfully migrate - with the assistance of the viewer - to a place of absence and loss, introducing a quiet dignity to the mundane and the banal. on places, people and things: a variety of images taken over the years. Put your mouse pointer over the image and you can find out where and when images were taken. All photograph prices include mounting and matting with acid-free board (ready for 11x14 or 16x20 frames) links: notes on the photographer < back
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