MITCHEL PROCTOR

Having developed his practice within the field of social documentary photography, Mitchel Proctor is interested in the idea of documentation as it relates to how we determine cultural significance. His practice is a constant negotiation between a genuine respect for the intents and aesthetic vision allowed to the journalistic voyeur, and an instinct to satirize not only the inherent ethical motivation behind such voyeurism but also the very idea of documentation... The alienation of travel is pivotal to Proctor's work. It is the encounter between the foreigner and those whom he finds foreign, the navigation through a landscape that provokes un-ease. To be in a position where it is ass umed that one will be out of place, to find oneself in a position to recognize the exceptional in the banal. Proctor's photos communicate a fleeting sensation of being there when things align, though never seeking to shroud the photographer's role as author of these seemingly fated encounters with the..

Primary location: Austin United States