Todd Hido finds poetry in this strangeness, which consists of all the implied but unspoken material on the margins of thrillers. It hides in high-voltage wires, high-intensity lights, leafless trees and ambitious weeds, hurricane fences and concrete knee walls, the red night sky of light pollution. If in these images it is forever midnight and you are forever stranded and cold and at a loss, you must still pay attention to how the prowler's footprints hover in the snow around the window. The mix of cars around the bungalow may mean that many adults live there, but it may mean something you don't really want to know. These images could represent views from the undercover surveillance car, if the driver drinking endless coffee waiting for someone to leave or arrive were able to appreciate the scene. The silence that pervades these images is either before or after the fact, or the result of the stifling effects of the weather, or else it is permanent, even deadly." — Excerpt from the introduction by Luc Sante
Nazraeli Press, 2021
56 pages
13.4 × 16.8 inches
ISBN: 9781590055434
Todd Hido finds poetry in this strangeness, which consists of all the implied but unspoken material on the margins of thrillers. It hides in high-voltage wires, high-intensity lights, leafless trees and ambitious weeds, hurricane fences and concrete knee walls, the red night sky of light pollution. If in these images it is forever midnight and you are forever stranded and cold and at a loss, you must still pay attention to how the prowler's footprints hover in the snow around the window. The mix of cars around the bungalow may mean that many adults live there, but it may mean something you don't really want to know. These images could represent views from the undercover surveillance car, if the driver drinking endless coffee waiting for someone to leave or arrive were able to appreciate the scene. The silence that pervades these images is either before or after the fact, or the result of the stifling effects of the weather, or else it is permanent, even deadly." — Excerpt from the introduction by Luc Sante
Nazraeli Press, 2021
56 pages
13.4 × 16.8 inches
ISBN: 9781590055434
