Oiseau noir et graffitis by Jean MohrArt, in its many forms, can be a useful tool to explore and understand the landscape. Landscape architects and artists have, throughout history, explored their world in inventive and creative ways. Such exercises produce a connection to the space that cannot be analyzed by science. These approaches attempt to read the landscape as personal experience, and sometimes as a litmus test of society.
Photographer, Jean Mohr, uses photography as a means to understanding the unknown. His first priority is adventure. If he happens to see something interesting, he will take its photograph. Mohr’s photographs are more documentation of and reason for adventure than a preconceived idea to simply capture.
After contemplating the verge of his own existence after a serious operation, he became interested in the edge of common experience and/or geographical location. Armed with a camera, he records underexplored places and spaces that range
from ordinary to extraordinary. This series is entitled "At the Edge of the World". Poetic and political, his work deserves a thorough look. His web site is a fantastic place to start.
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