Artwork Title: California Dwelling: Untitled (Green house and hose)

California Dwelling: Untitled (Green house and hose), 1978-1981

Tim Bradley

From 1978-1981, I photographed a neighborhood that had an uncanny visual presence. The layering of ancient bungalows, postwar apartments, outdated cars, and contemporary suburban life made the place look like no one knew what decade it was. Sunlight burnished surfaces with a pastel vibrance and night brought out illuminated doorbells and impossible shadows, projecting a feeling of theatricality. The view from the sidewalk could be disarming. It seemed that time was holding its breath to accommodate random arrangements in a fleeting tableau. Looking at the groundglass I often felt that I ... had stumbled onto a stage set or into someone else’s memory. For 4 years I looked and photographed.... I soon realized that I was also documenting a fragile corner of southern California that would soon be overwritten. I made prints from about one hundred negatives and put everything into storage for 30 years. (http://www.timbradley.com/#/california-dwelling)
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