Robert Bergman, Untitled, 1993 and 1989. (*) These guys do not have paints have managed to find out what he could do his great country for them, not even habérselo raised. Nor are entirely responsible for his face, so could not do for your country rather than put it aside, foreign evidence, as well as themselves.
The eyes of women and men are so stark and anonymous as the photographer. This demonstrates their intention to go directly to the characters (no character from the moment that is publicly exposed picture) by failing to identify subjects by not naming a title or give a clue to his whereabouts or where they were taken. Even the only brand of the photos, the year is not just a personal appeal to order, without altering the other news so that give these faces: its constancy over time. Stripped of name, time, place and social status, are out of history and therefore free to show what they are and even where they have arrived. (The reason why only know them and the interpretation by the viewer). No caption give more standing to speak about them. Thus, particularly left free to the viewer, alone with his own references and giving held view. Without information and history are not categories, both the types and their watchers are accidental. Trackless social, personal face appears. Not testify to anything but themselves, so the viewer does not have to be a prosecution witness, only voyeur. Not recognizing them, recognize them for what they are and we, ordinary people, above individuals, too.
The fact that the picture is limited to the face (or half-length, in other cases) deliberately concealing any other personal item or environment, becomes the hardships that shows each expression into something personal, liberating them from any interpretation the use of poverty. The intentional color saturation of the photos is a more introspective expressionism, a mirror more than a showcase. By focusing on the expressive face and the subject is central, not marginal. Photographer's emphasis on loss, grief or harm that reflect those faces is a way of restoring the circumstances personality-neutral and irrelevant to the viewer, are removed.
series Americans Robert Frank marked the beginning of Bergman's career, which continued as a command standard Frank that the artist must have a personal vision based on the feeling and intuition. However, this emphasis on private does not prevent an implicit documentary about the country that helped produce those faces. The choice of marginal characters as protagonists, and the expressive use of color film prove this result, although not the intention of the photographer.
( * ) Posted on October 26, 2009 Nickjournal
