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Scott Peterman2001
- Attribution
- Scott Peterman American, born 1968
- Medium
- Chromogenic print
- Physical dimensions
- 75 × 96.2 cm (29 9/16 × 37 7/8 in.); Frame: 78.5 × 100 × 46 cm (30 15/16 × 39 3/8 × 18 1/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Igor M. DaCosta
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Scott Peterman has photographed bob-houses, or ice-fishing shacks in the lakes region of Maine and New Hampshire, as part of an ongoing exploration of the ever-complicated relationship between people and nature. Ideal specimens of vernacular architecture, bob-houses are made from lightweight, windproof materials ingeniously assembled into various utilitarian forms. “I’m interested in these shacks [because] they illustrate a primal narrative whose elements are simply shelter, food, warmth and an ongoing battle against the caprices of nature,” Peterman has explained. He photographs the shacks with an 8-by-10-inch view camera under snowy or foggy conditions, which filter the light while also limiting the range of color. Nearly monochromatic, his photographs forgo a more richly descriptive documentation of local architecture to emphasize the shacks as minimalist forms in the landscape.
Description: Art Institute of Chicago · CC BY 4.0