"...it would be difficult to mistake a Slesnick photograph for someone else's. His careful compositions are warmly built with color and humanity. One feels drawn into his images rather than shut out. Instead of designing formal monuments that can only be coldly viewed from afar, Slesnick, as a great architect would, meticulously structures images as places in which one can enter and participate in the realm of life." David C. Swoyer, formerly Curator, New Orleans Museum of Art.
My
photographs are taken from my Private Spaces body of work,
the goal of which is to document the values of a culture as it is
represented in the home and other interior spaces. Since 1987, major
emphasis has been placed on the Yucatecan cultures of Mexico; and, since
2000, new bodies of work were begun in Cuba and Colombia. I
anticipate returning to rural Georgia and South
Carolina to resume work there. The "Salina Project" is now a reality;
please click on the link below for progress reports and updates.
People tend to display in their homes what they value most in life,
whether it's a gun collection or family photos and mementos. An enormous
amount of information about the people occupying these spaces can be
gleaned by studying its contents, and seemingly unimportant details the
inhabitants of the spaces have come to ignore all become critically
important elements of my work. The result is often what has been called a
"peopleless portrait" -- much is learned about an individual
without actually seeing him. It's as if the person occupying the space
just left the room, but left everything about himself behind, expecting to
return momentarily.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my virtual gallery. If you have any comments, questions or suggestions just drop me a note.
So, please sit back and enjoy your trip through Private Spaces.
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The Dunedin Project - click here
The Courtland Project - click here