→ Photo Info (Here) Shawne Brown Jason and Buster
Kingsport, TN 2004 Shawne’s photograph of Jason and Buster in Kingsport, TN is of personal subject matter because the person in the photograph is his brother. It was taken at his brother’s home. Both of Shawne’s photographs in the show are different visually, but compliment each other emotionally and stylistically by evoking a similar ephemerality and closeness of heart. The photograph was taken at the house where his brother used to live. Shawne said, “ My brother was in the process of getting rid of the dog and he was having a hard time with it because he really liked the dog. His wife was about to have a baby and even though he loved the dog, they felt that it was too wild to have around a baby. It was a crazy dog that would jump around all over the place and would run and jump up on people and also up into Jason’s arms. They found a guy that had a farm and gave the dog away to him.” The golden setting sunlight is the perfect metaphor for the story that the photograph tells. The image looks like home, not a specific home, just home.

Jason and Buster. Kingsport, TN 2004
Shawne Brown
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