Flooded Hallway

Since the mid 1970's James Casebere has been making photographs of table-top constructions of the built environment. The subject of these images ranges from suburban interiors to institutional structures. Each image is a photograph of a model of a building that has been stripped of its color and details to evoke a sense of emotional place rather than the physicality of a place's forms.

Casebere is interested in the point at which photography, architecture and sculpture intersect. He was one of the first "post modern" artists to become known for creating images for the camera. Casebere is interested in the memories and feelings evoked by the architectural spaces he represents. Carefully constructing table-top models using plaster, styrofoam and cardboard, he maximizes the dramatic effects of the lighting before making his monochromatic photographic image. The resulting works are both surreal and remarkably realistic. -Jody Zellen