Mike Slack // Alphabetology
Aperture Gallery
In Alphabetology, Mike Slack recreates
the alphabet through Polaroids of shadows and objects. In an interview with Believer magazine, Slack explains that
he’s referencing primitive times: “Didn’t most alphabets evolve out of simple pictures
drawn from everyday life? […] Over time, picture-types start to repeat and accumulate
into a kind of language.” I found this interesting (and I’m a sucker for
Polaroids) so I bought myself a camera and took photos of things I don’t think
twice about photographing with my phone camera.
Mike Slack considers his language to be “things” and “nature”. After analyzing my own personal photos, I realized that my
“picture-types” can be divided into “horizons” and “things”…. especially
burgers.
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