Greg Turco

My intent with the photographs that I make is to entertain the viewer with a sort of overabundance of visual information. I make detail-rich images that I hope are visually captivating not only from a distant viewpoint but also upon closer observation.

I introduce these ideas in the “Collections” series by what I’ve called the “Where’s Waldo” aesthetic. Basically, I’m presenting as many similar objects as possible on one plane and allowing the viewer to discover the various differences. Building an image this way I’m creating a tapestry of sorts with color, texture, and line that is visually arresting from a distance and then, once the eye settles on the particular subject matter, the viewer is free to explore the image and take from it what appeals to them personally.

In my newest series called “Perspectives” I am again building images but these images are made not only from work I’ve done in the studio but also from images I’ve made on location as I travel. I combine the different images to transform straight photographs into the narratives I’ve imagined in my head. Whether it’s simply the addition of a color hue or texture into the photograph or, in some cases, the painstaking amalgamation of several complex images, the intent of this series is again to allow the viewer to enjoy the image both from a distance and at the level of minute detail.

In the two bodies of work I’m presenting here the common thread is the nostalgia within the photographs. While the “Collections” are more straight forward and the “Perspectives” are more complex, they both present what intrigues me. They are visual representations of the places, things, and ideas that have made my life interesting and captivated my imagination as an artist.