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David Hilliard

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In David Hilliard's book of photographs, multi-panel panoramic tableaux rhythmically flow page after page in lustrous color inducing a sense of fantasy throughout his autobiographical narratives. The long horizontal layout of the book is not only beautiful, but appropriate for the format of Hilliard's work; each page is loaded with formal mysteries as the images dance into and out of each other. Hilliard's use of multiple connecting frames is inspired by the panoramic landscape photographs taken by his father when Hilliard was a child. The relationship between father and son is an important connection throughout Hilliard's series, and allusions to the past are dominant themes in his work. The segmented photographic frames create a tension that fragments each narrative and introduces elements of time, fantasy, and chance within each sequence. Hilliard's narratives draw from real life experience and are easily relatable because they represent situations everyone has encountered in their lifetime, whether they are sixteen or sixty.
The images in the book are supplemented with a short essay by Charlotte Cotton, and an interview with David Hilliard and Vince Alleti. Hilliard's kind and genuine character is exposed as he discusses his work and the experiences that guided his interests to where they are. The conversations between Hilliard and Alleti travel back to the uncomfortable time in a teenager's life when they realize they aren't like everyone else, and Hilliard's photographs are suggestive of those revelations. Hilliard's photographic book is approachable on all levels and guides viewers through his life, while providing them an opportunity to see themselves in these poignant narratives.

Beautiful compositions, wonderful narratives, and exquisite colors draw you into Hilliard's world that is always seductive and intriguing.

I have seen in Paris the David Hilliard's beautiful exhibition. The book is very close to the pictures shown in the gallery.
So it was agreat pleasure to buy the book.
Thanks.
Jean-Paul Bourgeau

a photgraphy book of a relatively new photographer, although if you are in the know about this medium, you will probably know him: I was educated when I received this bood as a gift.....
I loved the eye popping photos, the use of color and tryptics