Photographs by Victoria Crayhon

Juxtapoz Magazine – Photographs by Victoria Crayhon

'I place phrases on movie and motel marquee signs, many of which I find through research but also in the course of my frequent long distance trave…

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I place phrases on movie and motel marquee signs, many of which I find through research but also in the course of my frequent long distance travel by car. I use my own sign letters, installing them while filming the placing of the phrases and then leaving the scene with words left intact upon the sign. Afterward I make my photograph of the finished sign from the sidewalk or roadside, shooting from the vantage point of the driver or pedestrian. I use a large format camera and make large-scale color prints as documents of the sign in its environment. The photograph becomes the sole remnant of the project as the signs inevitably disappear or are taken down.