Reality TV.

The idea for the Reality TV series materialized as I wrestled with continuing graduate school. I ended up leaving school to seek direct contact with the world and learn through experience. Often in my subsequent travels, I brought along an old modified TV. In certain places that left me enriched, I photographed someone passively staring at a screen while ignoring a beautiful landscape awaiting exploration. The images display two distinct and opposite ways of discovering life: passive and active.

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With a background in landscape architecture, Blake Gordon explores our relationship with the world through the camera. His photography and writing have been published in various national magazines and more of his work can be seen at www.blakegordon.com