August 2011

Opposing Planes

Matt Crooks uses photography as a means of exploration. He tries to find the overlooked, forgotten, or decaying parts of our everyday environment. Crooks’ is fascinated with pattern, form, and texture and the interplay between them on different scales. He sees the simple beauty that is abundant, perhaps only evident if you are willing to take a second look. The variations of texture in particular can amaze the viewers. From a simple checkered wall next to a bus stop in rural Colorado to the first tracks on Vallée Blanche Glacier in the mountains of France.

Travel has been a major part of both his professional and personal life. Crooks’ considered it as important a tool-if not more so-than his camera. The images in this show have been gathered from all corners of the country and represent the back alleys, dark corners, and abandoned lots of some of our country’s most interesting places.

Visit Crooks’s website at www.crooksphotography.com.