Author Description

While Philip Hall's compositions share some of the qualities of conventional photographs, they have much more in common with canvases produced using pigments and brushes, with each detail painstakingly applied by hand. On first consideration the subjects of his recent images seem divided into distinct categories-abstract and architectural compositions, explorations of light and shadow, pensive studies of dream and illusion, wry comic tableaux. But on closer scrutiny, these categories begin to overlap as Hall's meticulous fabrication and sense of dramatic narrative repeatedly assert themselves.