David Shama's first monograph Do Not Feed Alligators takes us on an existential journey into the decayed post-capitalist topography of a largely forgotten America- one where he presents youth engaged in achingly commonplace activities. There is an overarching sense in all of these pictures that his subjects are the angel-headed hipsters of a generation that has somehow been left behind, traversing what is left of a tragic, broken landscape-their thousand-yard stares seeking Elysian fields glinting seductively in the ...
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David Shama's first monograph Do Not Feed Alligators takes us on an existential journey into the decayed post-capitalist topography of a largely forgotten America- one where he presents youth engaged in achingly commonplace activities. There is an overarching sense in all of these pictures that his subjects are the angel-headed hipsters of a generation that has somehow been left behind, traversing what is left of a tragic, broken landscape-their thousand-yard stares seeking Elysian fields glinting seductively in the setting sun of their minds, far beyond the edge of the world. Shama employs Americana to map a narrative of existence among the flotsam and jetsam of society, where abandoned cars, vacated diners and dive motels act as the leitmotif of a journey into being and nothingness. While there are flashes of naturalistic beauty in the way in which his young muses are caught in the eye of his lens, there is no sentimentality, rather every frame contains a haunted, limbo-esque atmosphere. These figures, we are always aware, count their number among the beautiful and the damned. Ultimately, Do Not Feed Alligators seeks to suggest that we are all on a metaphorical road to nowhere- an apocalyptic landscape of the soul that is both beautiful in its mundane temporality, and boundless in its potential for quietly enticing mythology. Frecnh: La premi???re monographie de David Shama, Do Not Feed Alligators, nous entra???ne dans un voyage existentiel ??? travers la topographie post-capitaliste d???labr???e d'une Am???rique largement oubli???e - une Am???rique o??? il pr???sente de jeunes gens engag???s dans des activit???s extr???mement banales. Il y a un sentiment g???n???ral dans toutes ces images que ses sujets sont les anges branch???s d'une g???n???ration qui a ???t??? en quelque sorte laiss???e pour compte, traversant ce qui reste d'un paysage tragique et bris??? - leurs regards lointains scrutent les champs ???lys???ens qui scintillent s???duisants dans le soleil couchant de leurs esprit, bien au-del??? des fronti???res du monde. Shama utilise l'Americana pour cartographier un r???cit sur l'existence au sein d'une soci???t??? perdue, o??? les voitures d???laiss???s, les restaurants abandonn???s et les motels bon march???s sont le leitmotiv d'un voyage dans l'existence et le n???ant. S'il y a des ???clairs de beaut??? naturaliste dans la fa???on dont ses jeunes muses sont prises dans l'oeil de son objectif, il n'y a pas de sentimentalit???, mais plut???t une atmosph???re hant???e et limbesque. Ces personnages, nous en sommes toujours conscients, comptent parmi les beaux et les damn???s. En fin de compte, Do Not Feed Alligators cherche ??? sugg???rer que nous sommes tous sur un chemin m???taphorique vers nulle part - un paysage apocalyptique de l'???me qui est ??? la fois beau dans sa temporalit??? mondaine et illimit??? dans son potentiel pour s???duire tranquillement par sa mythologie. Spanish: Spanish: Un viaje hacia la Am???rica olvidada es la nueva propuesta de David Shama, un fot???grafo suizo que se entrega de lleno a cada trabajo que realiza. Do Not Feed Alligators es el primer libro monogr???fico que publica, una verdadera experiencia emocional para el espectador. Coches abandonados, restaurantes sin comensales y moteles destartalados constituyen el paisaje decadente de una sociedad postcapitalista. En medio de una rutina gris, j???venes que conservan a???n la belleza de los que creen en sus sue???os. La temporalidad nos atrapa en un camino hacia la nada y Shama presenta esta realidad embrujada para transportarnos al espacio sin l???mites de la ment
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