Scott Gable
Feb 18, 2008
The first time that I stood in front of an Amy Stein photograph, I had a difficult time not becoming emotional – I understood exactly what she was getting at. She hoped for someone to realize the hypocritical in society and the environmental impact they were having. She did this all without notes for each piece and without stuffing it down the throats of photography connoisseurs. Scott Gable retains a similar ability and purpose. I could not only relate to his photographs, but I have been fortunate enough to have witnessed first hand, the sufferings of some societies that he has captured. He has a unique way of utilizing lighting and special effects to present the mundane as beautiful specimens of social commentary.
Gable is based here in Buffalo, but is one of those after our own heart who enjoys the footwork as much as the final product. He is discontented to be confined within these city walls, and chooses instead to travel to the Andes, Antarctica, Central America and everywhere in between. This is a necessity in his field because it is a different pursuit to begin with an imagined piece in your mind and then try to find it in the real world, than it is to construct it yourself on canvas. It is almost necessary to go beyond your means in order to claim a niche in the photography world, in order to surpass your competition.
Scott Gable has constructed a series of images from Mexico that relay the hardships faced by it’s inhabitants without photographing the models in action. The story that Gable desires his audience to understand, is told using the subject’s wrinkles and the fortitude found in their eyes. Pictured above, the lockers are illuminated by a frothy orange glow that reverberates somewhere within the viewer to signal a childhood and a life of fruitfulness. However, the lockers are in the final stages of oxidation and death, a coming of age story. Gable does with a camera what writers spend their entire lives attempting to create – a depiction and not an explanation.
I suggest taking careful steps if further researching his photography – there is a gay porn star/nude model/blogger/photographer with his same name. Or click here to be redirected to his official site – Scott Gable.
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