Primary Wires, Ryan Searl
Being born and raised among some of the flattest land in the nation, utility poles and power lines became an early photographic fixation. Aside from the easy metaphors of connectivity, power, and the distribution of resources, these lines ebb and flow across flat Illinois farmland, from one horizon to another, in an undeniably moving manner. Primary Wires (named after the top-most pair of lines) feature just a few of the 180 million utility poles spread across the US.
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Ryan Searl (b. 1994) is a lens-based artist and photo zinemaker from Ottawa, Illinois. His work explores contemporary and underrepresented rural spaces in the tradition of regionalism and the FSA photo project. Searl's photography focuses on backroad midwestern communities that can often be characterized as too hermetic or flat for the American canon of post-documentary road trip photography, but hold a wealth of history, dignity, and unexplored stories. His work has been featured in Immaterial Book's “Fields of Vision” show and is in the collection of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
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Edition: 100
Page Count: 34
Dimensions: 5.5”x8.5”
Format: Saddle Stitch / Zine
ISBN: 978-1-962415-12-5
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Being born and raised among some of the flattest land in the nation, utility poles and power lines became an early photographic fixation. Aside from the easy metaphors of connectivity, power, and the distribution of resources, these lines ebb and flow across flat Illinois farmland, from one horizon to another, in an undeniably moving manner. Primary Wires (named after the top-most pair of lines) feature just a few of the 180 million utility poles spread across the US.
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Ryan Searl (b. 1994) is a lens-based artist and photo zinemaker from Ottawa, Illinois. His work explores contemporary and underrepresented rural spaces in the tradition of regionalism and the FSA photo project. Searl's photography focuses on backroad midwestern communities that can often be characterized as too hermetic or flat for the American canon of post-documentary road trip photography, but hold a wealth of history, dignity, and unexplored stories. His work has been featured in Immaterial Book's “Fields of Vision” show and is in the collection of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
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Edition: 100
Page Count: 34
Dimensions: 5.5”x8.5”
Format: Saddle Stitch / Zine
ISBN: 978-1-962415-12-5
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Being born and raised among some of the flattest land in the nation, utility poles and power lines became an early photographic fixation. Aside from the easy metaphors of connectivity, power, and the distribution of resources, these lines ebb and flow across flat Illinois farmland, from one horizon to another, in an undeniably moving manner. Primary Wires (named after the top-most pair of lines) feature just a few of the 180 million utility poles spread across the US.
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Ryan Searl (b. 1994) is a lens-based artist and photo zinemaker from Ottawa, Illinois. His work explores contemporary and underrepresented rural spaces in the tradition of regionalism and the FSA photo project. Searl's photography focuses on backroad midwestern communities that can often be characterized as too hermetic or flat for the American canon of post-documentary road trip photography, but hold a wealth of history, dignity, and unexplored stories. His work has been featured in Immaterial Book's “Fields of Vision” show and is in the collection of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
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Edition: 100
Page Count: 34
Dimensions: 5.5”x8.5”
Format: Saddle Stitch / Zine
ISBN: 978-1-962415-12-5
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