MATHEW SCOTT: ‘OBSERVING VENICE’
Mathew Scott portrays reality in a way neither reassuring nor alarming. In the series “Observing Venice” the American photographer, far from representations intentionally disturbing or grotesque, surprises us for his way of describing the reality free from excessive handling.
The impression is that the space slips into the background to raise as protagonists common extras. The subjects for this are well defined, the composition is pretty clean for the benefit of the contrasts on which plays Scott’s visual tale.
The figures are alternated as inhabitants of a two-dimensional background, a sort of tinted bas-relief composed of many stories each different but due to the same place. A place that is somewhat abstract so as not to trip and fall into the habit of stereotyped portrayals.