Gert Lanser

Wenn die Arbeit getan – steht das Feiern wohl an
Krems Lerchenfeld, January 2022

House Hunting
Krems Lerchenfeld, January 2022

‘I take photographs of houses at night because I wonder about the families inside them,’ Hido tells me. ‘I wonder about how people live, and the act of taking that photograph is a meditation.’ House Hunting, therefore, is more question than answer. A rumination without resolution.

It would seem that in order for these pictures to exist, the photographer would need to be a voyeur, but Hido denies secrecy. He says he keeps himself obvious, even when shooting in the dark. When somebody calls the police, he is quick to make the distinction between photographer and criminal. ‘You’re allowed to take pictures in public,’ Hido says. ‘It’s interesting that so many people regard their surroundings as inherently private. Hido heightens that sense of false privacy. Amplifies it, to show the cracks in the edifices.
(Text by Katya Tylevich, www.toddhido.com)

Nightshift
Krems Lerchenfeld, January 2022

Pozzoleone, Via Vegra di Sopra, July 2021
From project In Veneto, 2021 (Sulle Tracce di Guido G.)

Here one can meditate about the omissions – the eloquence of absence – part of what Guidi has chosen to leave out. Photography is choosing. Maybe more than showing, photography is not showing.