1) These three pictures are part of a series called
“Dogs Chasing My Car in the Desert”. Each of the photos, taken in black and
white, was taken in a similar manner. Divola would take pictures with one hand
on the wheel, and the other holding the camera. He worked on this series
between 1995 and 1998. Divola would bring a 35mm camera with him on his drives
through the desert. It was equipped with a motor drive and black and white
grainy film.
2) In the first image, the black dog against a
nearly white background is chasing the car. The vastness of the desert in the
background shows that there isn’t much out there except for the desert. Barely
visible in the back right are silhouettes of some mountains. For the second
image, the dog is running parallel to the car. This image provides more detail
to the previous one. And lastly, the dog with white fur patch on its chest
looks alertly into the distance. It seems to be guarding the houses behind it.
There is what appears to be a small garden in front of the houses, and views of
the mountains in the back. Divola’s main idea behind this series is that
neither the dog nor the camera is truly in charge of the situation.
3) The first image of the black dog running was one
that I almost overlooked. At first I thought it was just another dog running.
Then, after looking at it again I realized there was more to the picture than that.
Shortly afterwards, I found that it was part of a series of photos taken by
Divola in the desert. Both the dog and
the driver believe that they were in charge of the situation. As did the other
dogs in the following images.
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