The Landscape in Flux

The Landscape in Flux features two local photographers who respond intuitively to the fluidity of the world around them. Each artist presents a very personal vision while sharing themes of presence, impermanence, and the insistent reach of nature's power. Together, Taylor and Blazek explore the unsettled yet persistently beautiful place the landscape occupies for us in the age of the Anthropocene.

Mike Blazek

Mike Blazek was born in Czechoslovakia and has traveled extensively. A resident of Chatham-Kent, Blazek's practice engages time through his investigations of the in-between. Using an in-camera technique to layer and abstract his subject, Blazek physically moves the camera during exposure. In this exhibition, he further questions the experience of presence by projecting his images directly onto architectural and material elements within the gallery space.

Scott Taylor

Scott Taylor is a cartographer by training and a world traveler. Taylor’s relationship to the landscape is wrapped in the slow passage of time and he approaches his subject with quiet observation. Shooting predominately in black and white, the vision of nature he presents is latent with power and on the verge of manifesting itself with numinous and unpredictable influence.