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Nick Geboers selected works from “Going Nowhere”
Mar 28, 2015 - Albert Grøndahl
Words by Nick Geboers
A sense of entrapment and existential crisis radiates from the photographs in Going Nowhere. This refers to the outsider figure who sees too deep and too much. It's a way of looking at the world that comes from inner dualities. The title Going Nowhere by itself suggests a duality and offers multiple readings. It should go without saying that this is also the case when reading the images. A mixture of different photographic genres are placed in a dialectic order. For example by placing romanticism not against but in line with a form of realism. Most of the photographs were made on solitary walks and travels. By doing this, the image making becomes a way to open oneself for deeper, sublime experiences which often clash with a stark realism. Different perceptions and points of view are an important part of the process. Not only for the image maker, but also for the reader. Whose different interpretations and feelings eventually complete this lyrical document.