NUVO, RELECTIONS by Slawek

by Dan Grossman

Polish-born photographer Slawek is fascinated by the kinds of reflections that you find in shop windows — and the kind you find in your own head. In “Polish Dilemma 1: Castle 1” two manikins in a shop window in Warsaw, Poland, are superimposed with the reflection of a castle. But this particular castle isn’t the ordinary European variety. Constructed under Stalin’s hegemony, it was intended to rival New York’s skyscrapers. This photo alludes to the conflict https://sgs.nsw.edu.au/buy-levitra-online-vardenafil/ between https://medimagery.com/buy-ativan-lorazepam-online/ East and West but suggests that “the Polish Dilemma” is too complex to nutshell. His most stunning photo is one that doesn’t entirely avoid didacticism, however. The sepia-toned “Lost in Manhattan 1” shows two gravestones topped by twin statues with the Twin Towers standing in the distance. It’s impossible to reflect on this photo (taken with a compact film camera and then digitally enhanced) without thinking about what happened subsequent to its taking. Through July 31; slawek1@sbcglobal.net.

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