Real Estate #906515 1990

Henry Wessel made this photograph, "Real Estate #906515," somewhere, sometime. I love how he just points the camera, like a pen, at the world. The colors are so subdued, almost like faded memories. Look at the front of the house; the way the light hits those horizontal panels creates these subtle shifts in tone. It's not about grand gestures, but these quiet, everyday observations. What I love about this photo is the way the ordinary becomes extraordinary through Wessel's eye. It makes me think of Ed Ruscha and his deadpan approach to the built environment. Ultimately, art is about how we see, and Wessel shows us that there's beauty and meaning in the most unexpected places.