Charles Eastwood’s photographic practice is rooted in close observation, revealing moments in which the familiar becomes strange, unexpected or quietly profound.
“I explore the unusual that exists in the ordinary. What the eye sees in a fleeting moment is not always what the mind has understood. The act of capturing it reveals its inner oddness. In that passing, fragile instant, a truth is often told.”
— Charles Eastwood
Eastwood draws inspiration from the icons of Modernist photography, including André Kertész, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Edward Steichen and Man Ray, as well as the great documentary photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson and Margaret Bourke-White.
The Male Form is an ongoing photographic project, wide-ranging in its scope and spanning more than 30 years. The works presented here belong to Eastwood’s Archive Series: intentionally intimate prints created to intrigue the viewer and demand closer inspection.