Untitled 2009 - 2011

This photograph by John Gossage captures a quiet moment, probably taken with a medium format camera in someone’s yard. I’m imagining Gossage, walking around, pausing to notice the light catching the leaves and berries on this little cherry tree, so beautiful against the slightly hazy blue sky. The berries are like these tiny red dots, hanging in space, a bit like little commas in a sentence, you know? I can feel the warmth of the sun, the slight stillness of the air. The leaves look heavy and full, kind of drooping in the heat. He probably didn't labor over this image, but captured it quickly, responding to an impulse. But it's so lovely, so simple. It reminds me of other artists’ like Eggleston, who find the extraordinary in the everyday. It’s that ability to see the poetry in the ordinary that makes Gossage's work so compelling. We are all just walking around looking for that something to catch our eye.