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| Julie Blackmon's Fixer Upper, 2018 (right) installed in the 2019 Group Show at photo-eye Gallery. |
In the statement below, Blackmon shares some insight into the process and intention behind creating Fixer Upper.
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| Julie Blackmon, Fixer Upper, 2018, Archival Pigment Print, 22x29" Image, Edition of 10, $4000 |
"When I set out to photograph a dilapidated home in our neighborhood, in the process of a "make-over," I started thinking about why I was drawn to it. And I wasn't the only one intrigued. Every person I watched driving by would slow down and crane their necks out to see what was going on. It was like HGTV "live." But I don't think it's a coincidence that the popularity of the home-makeover craze is at an all-time high during this chaotic period of national politics, and the frantic pace of our cellphone-driven lives. I feel it myself. Every trip to Lowes or IKEA is a chance to "improve" my life when other areas might seem out of my control. But I think we're all feeling that kind of anxiety. It's like a collective consciousness. To watch HGTV, and see them take a home that is in complete disarray, and create order and beauty out of it ... no wonder we're all completely sucked in. On a larger level, I think it might be a reflection of a common urge to get America's house in order."
– Julie Blackmon
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