From the artist · California

The most alive place.

Albert Pocej · Artist statement

Bombay Beach. The Salton Sea. A landscape where the remains of a resort and the presence of a body become part of the same photograph.

Temporal Baggage — An oversized clock follows a figure across the dry landscape. Photograph by Albert Pocej, California. — Temporal Baggage · From California

I went to Bombay Beach to photograph ruins. Instead I found the most alive place I've ever been. Buildings and roads are falling apart, and that decay is so beautiful it makes you angry. So I put a body in the middle of it.

This statement accompanies the eight photographs in California. Explore the full series to see how each scene moves between the landscape, its objects and the human figure.

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