Justin Partyka: Landscape and Culture (photos)
August 25th, 2010 § Leave a Comment
I found the work of Justin Partyka yesterday. I paused because his photography is fantastic but it also struck me that my trip across the country this summer gave me some of the same ideas that he’s working on in various projects. I can’t help but be just a little bit inspired that a fellow self-taught photographer, who is apparently my age, is doing good work and getting some recognition.
Look at the essays “The East Anglians” and ”Saskatchewan” in particular. After my trip and thinking about what stands out for me and what I want to work on further I can say that I’m glad that there are others out there looking at the prairies and the people there because their lot has an invisible impact on virtually every other population. I think that learning more about the prairies and the farmers provides the disconnected urbanites with a sense of place and history and direction that is lacking otherwise.
