HIDO, Todd - Witness Number Seven

Background information

"As guest editor of 'Witness Number 7', Todd HIDO creates a relationship between his own photographs of vacant interiors of foreclosed homes - the first time this series has been published as a group - with portraits made by Leon Borensztein during the 1980s. Todd HIDO's images contain traces and impressions of lives previously having been lived in the now-empty homes. His potent and surreal photographs of empty spaces evoke a longing for the time when things were better in those homes.  What went wrong? Who used to lived there? Borensztein, an immigrant from Poland, visited homes and businesses in the suburbs of Stockton, Fresno and Bakersfield, photographing his subjects in front of a generic backdrop to create a rich sociological document.

Content

In the photo volume 'Witness Number 7' Borensztein's subjects stand in metaphorically for the families evicted from Todd HIDO's foreclosed homes. 'Witness Number 7' closes with what Todd HIDO describes as a slowly cooked stew of books a 40-page run of images documented off the pages of certain books in his library that have influenced Todd HIDO's work during the past 20 years, curated into a narrative of echos and inspirations." (publisher 's note, © Nazraeli, 2009)

Critics

"I was quite curious about this book and all other editions of Witness Number. I recently discovered Todd HIDO's work and loved it, therefore I wanted to have a book from him. Although it is a very nice book and arrived in great condition (fast and safe shipping) I would like to see more of Todd HIDO's work but it is given little space. There are many other valuable works in it but I have books from them, I thought Todd HIDO would take more space in it but it is only a quarter of the book. Just beware if you only want to buy it to see his work." - "I enjoy Todd HIDO's work and this book gives us a little bit of insight into what is going on in his head." (customer review)

About the American photograher Todd HIDO (b.1968, in Ohio)

Photo books by and on the work of Todd HIDO