About The Book
Batchelder’s creatures emerge from the sand and although one can clearly see eyes, mouths, noses, bones, and skulls, they are pure products of imagination seeking to be interpreted by a viewer. Just like Justinus Kerner’s klecksographs used by Swisspsychoanalyst Hermann Rorschach at the beginning of the XXth century, these abstractsand patterns expound on the phenomenon of what is known as “pareidolia” – the phenomenon of recognizing faces, familiar beings, or objects in things and patterns. The photographs in Creatures allow us to see different shapes in the sand formations and interpret them according to our experiences. Publisher’s Info
About The Artist
In the 1960s, David Batchelder received an MA and MFA in photography from the University of Iowa studying under John Schulz. He has taught photography at Smith College, Amherst College, Boston University, Dartmouth College, and Plymouth State College. His early photographs have been exhibited widely, published in Aperture magazine, and can be admired in many collections including Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Books: Tideland, Schilt Publishing (2015); Creatures, Schilt Publishing (2023). Interview: In Conversation with David Batchelder by Photoworks.
About The Publisher
Schilt Publishing & Gallery is a publishing house specialised in high quality photography and art books as well as a commercial gallery representing a range of top class artists from all over the world.
