Fight or Flight? from Parkade Poetry Series

Fine art print on alupanel.

13.50x16"

Limited edition 1 of 9.

Parkade Poetry Series
Linda Bickerton-Ross, Photographer

In the alchemy of photography, light and temperature conspire to transmute the ordinary into extraordinary, revealing the unseen through their nuanced dance. Annie Leibovitz

Parkades are the first structures to emerge from the seeming chaos of high-rise construction. Even when finished, they are drab, foreboding places to be, sometimes far beneath the warmth and safety of sunlight and people. Yet they are also the necessary guts, the ‘inside out’ of these imposing modern behemoths.

When the weather is winter grey and rainy, one of my favourite shooting locations is a parkade - in this series, buried deep within the building in which I live. The light is unforgiving – harshly fluorescent; the landscape a dull scene of textured grey and white concrete. The opengridded ceilings and motley mess of cars and trucks complete the scene. Within this settingthe usual signs directing people which way to go or what to do call out for attention. I playwith the shapes, the temperature and the light to create a ‘nuanced dance’ of bright and playful photographs.

Specifics:
A set of 9-10 Fine Art photographs on alupanel with hanging structure
Each piece is 13.25 x 16”
Designed to hang vertically, however, two or more can be hung horizontally
Each of these Limited Edition photographs can stand on its own, yet can also be grouped in
sets of 2, 3 or 4 or hung as a series.
Pop art/street sign feel to them so could be hung creatively
Completed in 2024