Brian Fitzgibbons has historically used photography to capture his point
of view surrounding identity, masculinity, sexuality, and the intimate
relationship they form with regard to gay men. After taking a hiatus
from fine art photography, Brian begins a discovery of a very different
nature. Having dealt with the loss of several loved ones over the course
of a short time, his thoughts have turned more inward to his
relationship to mortality and spirituality. In these beginning images,
the relationship between water and sky serve as a focal point for this
exploration.
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Throughout mythology and theology, mankind has returned
time and again to these symbols to represent the spiritual planes, from
the Grecian ideas of the river Styx and Hades, to the Judeo-Christian
imagery of heaven in the clouds. While at most times very
visually separated by horizon, these planes become blurred and enmeshed as
atmosphere, fog, and light find their way in-between. This blurring of
the lines currently serves as the primary visual language that Brian is
working within to represent his current thoughts on his relationship to
mortality. Still very much weighted by these losses, Brian finds himself
in that proverbial fog, caught between the water and sky. The final
trajectory of this work is still to be discovered and, as with loss
itself, can only be made clear as time allows this fog to pass.
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| Untitled © 2013 Brian Fitzgibbons |
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| Untitled © 2013 Brian Fitzgibbons |
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