(4) Lyndon Wade

Lyndon Wade is a photographer that creates a sort of narrative in each of his images, or series of images. His digital artistry illuminates his ability to create such narratives. These seem to create a story. What that story is, awesomely enough, it dependent on what you make it.

Although original photography without digital enhancements can create narratives, being able to change or manipulate photographs adds extra emphasis and allows the artist to create whatever they want. Whether it creates a storyline the author is trying to depict themselves or whether he or she wants to create something that allows the viewer to make their own storyline is now available to them. This is exactly what Lyndon Wade is doing.

Each subject is "in a kind of suspended animation" as his website states. Each image is quirky, humorous, strange, confusing, and sometimes even scary. How each person perceives these is a bit different. Since the images are in such a "suspended animation", you just know that each subject has a thought, or perhaps many thoughts going on at once. You almost have to wonder what's going on in their heads. And what about the artist? The subject and subject matter is almost always strange in some way, or strangely arranged. I can't help but wonder if Lyndon Wade himself is either just a very creative fellow or very disturbed. Maybe he's both. Nevertheless, his work seems to evade your comfort zone and pushes you to make assumptions of your own. Very nice.