Some Pictures
Neil Drabble’s pictures embrace the beauty and complexity lurking in the flux of the everyday, and the polyphony of meaning embedded in the singular moment. The pictures reveal the absurd beauty of the quotidian and the quiet resonance of the seemingly mundane. In a time when photography often seeks to confront, provoke, or document the extraordinary, there is a quiet sophistication in turning our gaze toward beauty as a subject in itself. Beauty, in all its nuance, remains an essential and relevant pursuit, challenging us to consider not only what is seen, but how it is seen—urging us to reconsider the familiar, finding resonance in the subtle and ephemeral. Engaging with beauty is not a retreat from complexity, but rather an embrace of the layered emotions and intricate meanings that can arise from the simplest of moments. It is this quiet sophistication—this ability to extract meaning from the everyday—that speaks to the enduring power of photography as an art form. Some Pictures explores how beauty, as a refined and timeless subject, continues to expand our understanding of the world and of ourselves.
The unbound format of the publication reinforces the loose connection between the individual images that are bound by a shared sensibility whilst being drawn from disparate bodies of work and archives.
Softback (Unbound) in Bespoke PVC sleeve
21x27cm
96 pages
ISBN: 978-1-7394646-1-5
Published by Double Obelus Editions, 2024
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