A undertaking documenting photographer Stephen Joyce’s hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Joyce’s father died when Joyce was 18. “You Can’t Go House Once more” displays completely different levels of Joyce’s grief and the issue of navigating a spot so intently tied to the particular person he liked most. Whereas at all times feeling a way of attachment to his hometown, Joyce grew to keep away from massive swaths of the town as sure streets and neighbourhoods held too many reminiscences. The collection is considered one of self-discovery via re-discovering Pittsburgh over the previous few years and the modifications to each the place and himself in relation to it:
“These photos present a geography that I solely partly explored as a baby, as I’ve a want to return in time and see what’s now unseeable. Elements of a metropolis that have been as soon as generally used, corresponding to metropolis steps, neighborhood facilities, and river beds have been uncared for and reworked, however they maintain of their grasp the historical past of my metropolis and household. The vehicles proven function portraits, as they characterize those that my working class mother and father couldn’t afford as my father was on incapacity. I wished to construct and present a world that’s devoid of individuals however not of the human effort that’s throughout us…. This work is meant to set a scene of stillness, contemplation, melancholy, and unease. Whereas there may be extra for me to find concerning the place that shaped my sense of self, I’m now capable of name it dwelling once more, even when a lot has modified.”
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