Out of Context into Chaos

Out of Context into Chaos is a project that started with photographs of arrangements of abandon, deteriorating objects and has become a set of three books of reassembled photographs and of essays on the nature and purpose of photography:

• The books are available together as a numbered, sewn and encased edition and as a unlimited glued edition.
• In addition to its concrete, visual appearance, this project has an extensive conceptual component that is presented in the essays that run through each book.
• Most photographers capture photographs that remind them of beneficial experiences through resemblance and composition.
• Memory is a major component of photography, but photographs are not memories.
• Resemblance, the chief characteristic of photographs, is an indiscriminate consumer of objects in a scene.
• Reassembly challenges the viewer to consider the differences between and the locus of resemblance and recognition.
• I am curious about the traditional, domestic still life with its seemingly random arrangement of unvalued, abandoned, and deteriorating objects.
• I am driven to find and capture random arrangements of abandoned objects in exterior settings. These objects are usually deteriorating and, like a still life, suggest our own deterioration.
• These traditional images balance structure or composition with randomness or chaos.
• Reassembly emphasizes chaos.
• No matter how unstructured and chaotic our lives, our lives are our salvation from pervasive and enduring chaos. Life is structure. Our bodies are structures. We build structures that we can depend upon–bridges, buildings, machines and communities. Yet we can only depend on our lives and the lives of those close to us to deteriorate and be lost. All structures deteriorate and are abandoned or lost.
• From randomness you were constructed, and to randomness you shall return.
• Not only are photographs taken to be memories, they are often taken to accurately describe reality.
• Nevertheless, reality is continuous and chaotic without imposed discontinuity and structure.
• The photographic frame imposes figurative discontinuity on our continuous reality, and reassembly emphasizes the frame and a loss of context through repetition.
• Our knowledge, our representation of our reality, is created through context and connection.
• Photographs are not knowledge; they are conjecture, hypothesis and belief. They lack context and connection.
• Only when recognized are they integrated into our own unique memories of our own unique experiences.
• Photographs more aptly represent separation, fragmentation and individuation–not connection.
• Rather than a metaphor for an continuous, infinite life, photographs are a apt metaphor for our finite, discontinuous life–our ultimate concern.

Memories and Photographs

Deterioration and Loss

Photographs and Reality

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Out of Context into Chaos

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Out of Context into Chaos is a series of three books of images and ideas, Memories and Recognition, Deterioration and Loss, and Photographs and Reality, that examines the nature and purpose of photography using a set of reassembled photographs.

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Out of Context into Chaos (Premium Edition)

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Out of Context into Chaos is a series of three books of images and ideas, Memories and Recognition, Deterioration and Loss, and Photographs and Reality, in a custom slipcase that examines the nature and purpose of photography using reassembled photographs.

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Out of Context (Yellow with Shake Shingles and Gray)

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Mounted Images from Out of Context into Chaos: Memory and Photographs

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Box-mounted prints of the reassembled images from the book Memories and Photographs in the series Out of Context into Chaos. Dimensions: 24inWx16inH or 16inWx24inH depending on orientation. Taxes and shipping in the US included.

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Choose an optionOut of Context (Oconto County Harbor)Out of Context (Blue Cottage on the Ocean) OpenOut of Context (The Freeze)Out of Context (Gray with Porch and Posts)Out of Context (Palms Cliffs and Sand)Out of Context (Hugos)Out of Context (Creek Wooden Bridge Logs)Out of Context (Farm Swing Vertical)Out of Context (Yellow with Shake Shingles and Gray)Out of Context (Gate Tree and Yard)Out of Context (Empty Pool 04)Out of Context (Apartments Low Tide with Groups)Out of Context (Lakeview Corner with Bike)Out of Context (Grahams 318 at Night)Out of Context (Ride and the Sky)Out of Context (Blue Cottage on the Ocean)Out of Context (Neighbors along Rockford)

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Out of Context (Tires and Transmission)

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Mounted Images from Out of Context into Chaos: Deterioration and Loss

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Box-mounted prints of the reassembled images from the book Deterioration and Loss in the series Out of Context into Chaos. Dimensions: 24inWx16inH or 16inWx24inH depending on orientation. Taxes and shipping in the US included.

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Choose an optionOut of Context (Tires and Transmission)Out of Context (Dekalb Farmyard with Trees) OpenOut of Context (Schultz Bakery McDonalds)Out of Context (Abandoned Building Corner Windows)Out of Context (Factory No Floor)Out of Context (Rusty Barrel and Burned Barn 58)Out of Context (Vise and Pump)Out of Context (Front of Old Pickup)Out of Context (Burned Bike with Barrels)Out of Context (Blue Barrel Safe Office)Out of Context (Desert Outpost)Out of Context (Schultz Bakery Doorway and Wall)Out of Context (Dekalb Farmyard with Trees)Out of Context (Two Rusty Drums)

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Out of Context (Wooden Building Silo Winter 007)

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Mounted Images from Out of Context into Chaos: Photographs and Reality

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Box-mounted prints of the reassembled images from the book Photographs and Reality in the series Out of Context into Chaos. Dimensions: 24inWx16inH or 16inWx24inH depending on orientation. Taxes and shipping in the US included.

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Choose an optionOut of Context (Alice’s Place 08)Out of Context (Garage and Tree Vertical)Out of Context (South from Hubbard Street) OpenOut of Context (Schultz Bakery Windows and Posts)Out of Context (Houses along the Green Line 20)Out of Context (Chicago River Lake Street Bridge)Out of Context (House Deerpath and Oak)Out of Context (Barbed Wire Spool Wooden Wall)Out of Context (Farmhouse with Tree)Out of Context (Broken Gate on Farm Building)Out of Context (House – Green with Bush)Out of Context (Wooden Building Silo Winter 007)Out of Context (Dead Trees in Pond)Out of Context (Dock with Rails)Out of Context (Clouds Path Poles)Out of Context (Barn Annex Corner)Out of Context (Sky and Grass between Buildings)Out of Context (Old Gray Porch Distant Shacks)Out of Coontext (Houses along the Green Line 10)Out of Context (Bikes on Post)Out of Context (Model T Firebird Trans AM)Out of Context (South from Hubbard Street)Out of Context (Woman on the Wall)

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Oconto County Harbor

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Printed, Underlying Images from Memories and Photographs

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Archival inkjet prints of the underlying images from the book Memories and Photographs in the series Out of Context into Chaos. Dimensions: 24inWx16inH or 16inWx24inH depending on orientation. Taxes and shipping in the US included.

Title	Choose an optionOconto County HarborBlue Cottage on the OceanThe FreezeGray with Porch and PostsHugosPalms Cliffs and SandCreek Wooden Bridge LogsFarm Swing VerticalYellow with Shake Shingles and GrayGate Tree and YardEmpty Pool 04Apartments Low Tide with GroupsLakeview Corner with BikeGrahams 318 at NightRide and the SkyNeighbors (Down along Rockford)
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Tires and Transmission

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Printed, Underlying Images from Deterioration and Loss

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Archival inkjet prints of the underlying images from the book Deterioration and Loss in the series Out of Context into Chaos. Dimensions: 24inWx16inH or 16inWx24inH depending on orientation. Taxes and shipping in the US included.

Title	Choose an optionTires and TransmissionDekalb Farmyard with TreesSchultz Bakery McDonaldsAbandoned Building Corner WindowsFactory No FloorRusty Barrel and Burned Barn 58Vise and PumpFront of Old PickupBurned Bike with BarrelsBlue Barrel Safe OfficeDesert OutpostSchultz Bakery Doorway and WallTwo Rusty Drums
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Wooden Building Silo Winter 007

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Printed, Underlying Images from Photographs and Reality

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Archival inkjet prints of the underlying images from the book Photographs and Reality in the series Out of Context into Chaos. Dimensions: 24inWx16inH or 16inWx24inH depending on orientation. Taxes and shipping in the US included.

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Choose an optionAlice’s Place 08Garage and Tree VerticalSouth from Hubbard StreetSchultz Bakery Windows and PostsHouses along the Green Line 20Chicago River Lake Street BridgeHouse Deerpath and OakBarbed Wire Spool Wooden WallFarmhouse with TreeBroken Gate on Farm BuildingHouse – Green with BushWooden Building Silo Winter 007Dead Trees in PondDock with RailsClouds Path PolesBarn Annex CornerSky and Grass between BuildingsOld Gray Porch Distant ShacksHouses along the Green Line 10Bikes on PostModel T Firebird Trans AMWoman on the Wall

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