Sitting on the Edge

(All Photos by Rhonda Prince)

Rhonda K. Prince has published a book of photographs entitled "Sitting on the Edge" that is sheer madness.  The entire book is made up of pictures of sitting places.  Empty, spare, and--here is the mad part--devoid of people.  In truth, there is a human presence--a man shot from behind in one picture, a reflection and a shadow in two others.  It all turns out fascinating.  The world looks sparse, strange, spare, frayed.  It is an intriguing and even inviting world that harkens another time.

I like empty spaces, so when I first saw Rhonda's images, I was immediately drawn to them.  They are both romantic and gritty at once, full of beauty and roughness.  The book is a project that relinquishes the world to a single thing--a place to sit, as she says, on the edge of things.  We are at rest.  We languish.  We wonder.  We hope.  

You can see more of her images at 591 Photography Blog here and here.  And when you are finished, buy a copy of the book.  It is important, you know, to support the arts.