Seeing Red
Often when I travel, I rise early to walk quiet streets looking to make photographs. At this early hour, the world is fresh, my mind is clear. A new sun concentrates color as though that was its only purpose. This series of photographs, Seeing Red, is the product of my walks over many years and in many places.
Seeing Red, is not about the color red, per se, but rather our emotional response to color. Red is a good example, because it is associated with anger, power, danger, sexuality -- emotions hard to ignore. But the experience of color can be quietly subtle or symphonic, not a single blaring trumpet but a subtle, complex orchestration of many colors working together.
Gregory Spaid, 2024
