Aidan Nolan: Capturing Energy
Have you ever seen a photograph or a piece of art and felt as though you belonged within it? Perhaps the essence of the image was so striking and familiar that it felt as though you had been there before, maybe in a dream. Well...that’s how I feel about Austin Schofield's photography. I have never felt so at home within somebody else's images, it’s a mysterious feeling that brings me to question where I am and where I’m supposed to be. All of his photographs feel as though they were taken during a time of day when everyone has glitched out of this dimension and he was able to walk around empty streets, alone. These images have a special angle to them and I don’t mean geometrically. I mean that in a tonal and emotional sense, an angle of thought and distinct observation that is extremely gratifying to interpret. I resonate with how his images feel hazy and nearly psychedelic. They are beautifully cinematic in style and subject. However, Austin seems to stray away from human subjects, leaning more into the location, the energy that surrounds the location feels very prevalent.
All of his photographs seem to radiate this peculiar energy. An energy that feels slightly off, universally unhinged but not necessarily in a negative way; more so in a calm before the storm way...an eerie familiarity that I gravitate towards completely.
What do you think of these photos? How do they resonate with you?
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