The World On Its Side: Part One
Currently up on strange.rs
This is the first piece of a three-part project based loosely around the words, themes and ideas of three LA-centric writers; John Fante, Charles Bukowski, and Mike Davis. The idea was to look at the mood that these writers create, and allow it to direct the selection of a small series of photographs; that selection being handed off to various strange.rs in isolation. The resulting images are then combined with the original text, assembled and edited to hopefully emphasise that initial ‘mood’.
As my fellow editor/conspirator in this escapade, Jared Iorio, said in a recent discussion:
“Reading through all the Fante and Bukowski stuff, we realized that neither of them actually describe anything. The anti-Dickens, if you will. It’s all dialogue and strength of character…The interesting thing is that Photographs generally do the exact opposite. They describe in detail, and hopefully one can pick up a mood or a flash of personality by how we communicate visually. Opposite ends of the spectrum…”
Parts two and three will be coming along later this month.
Alex JD Smith
