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By Barbara Bosworth.
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Photographs by Barbara Bosworth
Dust Collective, 2024. 19 images, 6x8½".
Bosworth’s book is simply exquisite. That is, both simple in execution and profoundly emotive. Six bound signatures, fits within the span of my hand. Shades of gray, sprinkled with tests of light from fire, moon light, and stars. Suggested listening: Ry Cooder.
The dedication is spine-tingling. “For Ron, my brother, who lived in the shadows. He taught me to look for the light. 1955-2022.” One sees an angular figure disappearing into the distance, moving in three zoom out steps from a medium shot to an expansive beach scene. Sky, ground, shadow, water, clouds, all merge as the crepuscular context. Two hands insistently point skyward, the barest touches of human presence. We are so small in this space.
Edition of 100. A threnody, moving to tears, that arrives in a modest package. You might expect a volume like this to be mere field notes from a photographer known for large-format captures. Instead, this is a fully articulated, self-contained artists book. The content arrives in waves, swoops, and showers of sparks.
Night vision doesn’t see colors, just forms. And we are graced with form herein.
My words gild this lily.
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George Slade, aka re:photographica, is a writer and photography historian based in Minnesota's Twin Cities. He is also the founder and director of the non-profit organization TC Photo. georgeslade.photo/Image c/o Randall Slavin