Matthew Hamon: The States Project: Montana | LENSCRATCH

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Matthew Hamon: The States Project: Montana

I was first introduced to Matthew Hamon through social media. We have what I refer to as a digital friendship where you get to know the artist via Facebook as they post about their family, accolades, and their photography, but have never met in person. Fr

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The work presented here, On The Hi-Line, conveys that same quiet tribute I saw in his project The Stand at Standing Rock. He educates with his camera and creates contradictions of this place. By utilizing a pastel color pallet and soft light that conjure ideas of romance he challenges the viewer’s definition of a stretch of Montana landscape that is known for being windy, cold, desolate, and suffering from economic downturn. Matthew is giving the viewer a perspicacious photographic eulogy