In this episode of Perfect Bound, we talk to photographer David Hilliard about creating work that is personal and vulnerable, why his father was the great love of his life, and committing to being an artist. We also laugh a lot.
David Hilliard)’s vibrant, multipanel images find a delicate and unique balance between fact and fiction. Combining frames from his four-by-five view camera shot at different times, Hilliard creates composite panoramic images that are seemingly fluid, but instead form a narrative that shifts between time and place. These escapist photographs focus on the ideas of masculinity, identity, and personal relationships through a cinematic style of portraiture.
