A certain logic of expectations
By: Arturo Soto
Series: The Eriskay Connection -- 86; The Eriskay Connection -- 86.
Publisher: The Eriskay Connection
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Breda
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9789492051721
Subjects: Artistic Photography; Pictorial works; Documentary photography; Street photography
Description: A Certain Logic of Expectations proposes a counter-narrative of the British city of Oxford that resists the visual imperatives of its ancient university. For the past five years, Mexican photographer Arturo Soto explored the longstanding division between town and gown through a careful selection of spaces and objects. His visual narrative is loosely structured around the following thematic strands: notions of home and homelessness, the looming presence of Brexit, the conflicted local economy, and the diversity of the city's neighborhoods. In short texts Soto describes his experience of the city, and his fascination with its history and myths. The work challenges an easy judgment on Oxford and its established narratives of tradition, influence, and power. In his photography as well as his written observations, Soto proves that his pen is as sharp as his eye.