Lisa Barlow: Holy Land U.S.A. – LENSCRATCH

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Lisa Barlow: Holy Land U.S.A. – LENSCRATCH

I first became aware of the Holy Land theme park in Orlando when I saw Gordon Stettinius’ hilarious toy camera project on the mecca of all things Jesus. I finally made my own pilgrimage to the this sun filled hallowed destination in Florida shortly before it closed down for good in 2020. I had the

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I love how much I could compress into the frame in the Holy Land work. I think that in the work I make today, I take more images to tell a story. That may be the influence of the photobook. In the 1980’s, there were few examples of photobooks as narratives. Photographers showed their work as catalogs of images. Today, we use the book form to slow down the pace. We allow our emotions and understanding to build over the course of a book’s pages.

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