The “History” Series by Robert Flynt
Robert Flynt is a graduate of the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and its post-graduate program in Rome. He lives and works in upstate New York. His “History” series, reproduced in “Your Numbered Days”, literally combines found images of the past with images of the present and metaphorically transcends the intersections of then and now.
“Fading, distorted, out of focus men seem to be Flynt’s metaphorical reminders of the ephemeral, transitory nature of the physical body and the fragility of the spirit. In some photographs, figures converge with deceased ancestors or ancient art. Floating bodies share space with planetary bodies and celestial heavens. These are poetic meditations on our connections to the past and our place in the infinite cosmos.” -Vance Martin
“We look to (and at) images to find information: practical, aesthetic, erotic, and points between or overlapping. We are often seduced; we believe the photograph’s illusory diorama of a point in time, the diagram or chart’s authoritative organization of fact. My primary concern is to re-imagine the human body – in relation to its own assumed / perceived structure, as well as to “others” (other bodies, spaces, systems). Each image is the intersection of two layers: one a figure photographed with limited control (usually underwater), the other a found photograph or textbook illustration.” – Robert Flynt