An Artist To Eye: Ginny Mangrum
I never knew that storage units could be beautiful. In fact, I spent some time this summer moving stuff into storage and “tedious” would’ve been the first adjective to come to mind. My perspective was broadened a little bit by a research piece that I did on local storage spots just because some of the neat high-tech security stuff they use and specialty storage units they offer are kind of fascinating. Fascinating, but not beautiful. After all, it’s storage.
Then, I was looking at the photographs of fine art artist Ginny Mangrum. Specifically, I was looking at Ginny’s collection entitled “Stored”. You guessed it, these are photographs of storage units. It is the first one which I found to be most striking, with its amazing black and white contrasts. But they all catch the eye. The lighting is amazing. They demand that you stop and see beauty where you thought there was only function before. This is what good art does.
Keep an eye on Ginny Mangrum. And keep an eye on San Fran Voice because we hope to do an interview with Ginny in the near future.
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[...] you may know, photographer Ginny Mangrum caught my eye with stunning images of storage units (see the post). They turned my vision upside down and gave me a new perspective into something that is fairly [...]