Peril

• Photographer
  Ken Weingart, United States

Just because we sometimes find ourselves in sleazy, dangerous or precarious situations
does not necessarily mean we are soiled. It does not mean that we are at fault. Things can
be misinterpreted.

The universe hurls us into perilous and confounding situations that may get our souls
trampled and battered. We are thrust into the maelstrom of the strange and the damaged.

Motel Stories is a glimpse inside this underbelly universe. Desperation, joy, hidden
yearnings and fears seduce my imagination. I created this visual landscape and language to
expel demons and amuse the art gods.

My motivation is to provoke, disturb, purge, to burn off the final supply of creative
fuel, to provide the cathartic, to inspire, entertain, embolden, enrich, and exasperate
the unresolved.

For Motel Stories I decided to shoot with more than just a digital SLR. I chose two 4x5
Sinar film bodies and lenses because these cameras capture the special mystique of classic
film quality.

Motel Stories were captured in hard light without diffusion. That light is less about
perfection and more about grabbing the mercurial shining of intimate moments .

Yearning, hopes, fantasies, sketches, loneliness, dreams, fears. The characters and
subjects are real people, fake people, family members, friends, clients past and future,
lovers, ex-wives, nefarious strangers, sundry riff raff, hoodlums, and future movie stars.
They are heroic, fraud and real, caught up in a cosmic fantasy of eternal purgatory. Enter.

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