(from “History of a Villiage”), 2006
© David La Spina
The subject of David La Spina‘s History of a Villiage intrigues me.
The following images catalogue how a small community exhibits, records, and experiences history; the community is Mamaroneck, New York, a village on Long Island Sound, founded by Jonathan Richbell at the onset of the colony charter boom of the 1660s. The project includes a wide scope of ‘facts’ interpreted as history and gives minor events the same historic weight as significant history. The evenhanded presentation, formal exhibitions and highly interpretive observations create an exhibition organized by a careless curator, canalizing the unedited material from which history is culled.
And, moreover, the photographs are really nice.
David was recently featured in the latest printing, Issue 35, of Blindspot (co-edited by Jason Fulford). More of his work can be found on his website and, occasionally, on his blog.
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