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Published in Source: The Photographic Review, Summer 2009
[Riddy’s] photographs have a stillness, a mesmerising quality that is only partly the result of an absence of people and events. In ‘London (Marylebone)’, for instance, we see the underside of the A40 Westway. The frame is filled with detail, democratically but asymmetrically ordered, which sustains our attention through the process of repeat discovery, and yet the structure has a clarity and openness. The scene has depth but minimal layering: the image calms; it does not confuse.
Related Artists: John Riddy
Related Exhibitions: JOHN RIDDY: LOW RELIEF Photographs of London
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