Chistopher Rauschenberg Photographing Pangeantry
The following are images of one prolific photographer, Christopher Rauschenberg, who uses photography's unique framing abilities to compose complex images of reflections, angles, other images, and interesting found assemblages. When considering his work, I find myself trying to identify just exactly what kind of photographer he is: landscape? documentary? still life? Maybe documentary. At any rate, as a photographer myself, I recognize something in his series that I often contemplate when photographing: what if I were to capitalize on someone else's designs, does that qualify as appropriation. For instance, is it fair that I photograph a trendy retail establishment (which I have done) t...Read more