Research Material pulled from Dazed Digital #2
Article Title: Chad Moore’s dreamy photos capture a summer well spent
(Text by: Ashleigh Kane, 21 November 2017)
link: http://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/38121/1/chad-moores-dreamy-photos-capture-a-summer-well-spent
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“The photographer’s latest exhibition plays on the idea of extending a beautiful moment forever”
Moore is discussing his dreamy portraiture, in particular, his latest show in Paris, Too Late, So Soon. It’s a title which he says “isn’t actually very conceptual at all”, explaining that it actually refers to a notes folder on his computer that he has been adding to for seven years.
“When you’re with friends or a lover and really enjoying yourself, you lose track of time – something that we often don’t get to do anymore given we are so connected to our phones, computers, etc. When you lose track, it’s also really easy for the time to pass too quickly – that day or night is over… how’d it get too late, so soon?”
All the work was made over the summer, meaning the exhibition is filled with beautiful colours, and bodies embracing each other amongst mother nature. The press release adds that it’s about “extending a moment forever and giving viewers a chance to save memories, and a chance to make them”. His favourite photos from the show are “Tereza (Blue Moon)” and “Tereza (Floating)”. “These are both really important to the show,” he reveals. “I spent the end of the summer in Stockholm. Every morning early Tereza and I would go swimming at this place Langholmen, even though it was freezing. It was a really fascinating because while there are boats and things passing by, the water is incredibly clean. This became our morning ritual and that’s where the floating image comes from. That tradition was continued to an extent a few weeks later in Barcelona, although this time the ritual would be done late at night.”
“I think people can look at the work and take something away from each picture – photography is such a fast-paced thing now, and the way we look at images has completely changed. But that’s what I find interesting about working on a gallery wall... if you can take a deep breath and look at an image for more than three seconds, I think you can be touched by it, and remember a time or instance where you felt this same way.”
Too Late, So Soon runs until 6 January 2018 at Galerie du Jour Agnès b in Paris”
This is another photo series that I think I can take a lot of inspiration from now. I often look to more dated photography series’ when I am gathering research and inspiration. I always look to the masters of photography but I think it’s equally as, if not more important to know about the contemporary photographers that are working now. This is a beautiful exhibition full of images that aim to represent youth and a feeling of euphoria.
Photographs by Chad Moore:
tangentwithtanner
prguitarman
origamiaround
dailybridgerton
areudirty
jbbartram-illu
pixelskylines
andulkaphoto