March 2010

Sean Russell

S Casino Center Blvd & Garces Ave

My Stop and Glow panels deals specifically with the 5th Street Liquor Store and associated neon sign. As I researched the history of the store, I felt like a voyeur looking into the past. Many of the photographs I found were not professionally taken, optimally composed, or lit with any thought of aesthetics - they were simply a moment of the past captured in an almost utilitarian way. I associate this utility with the constant watching of casino video security. I want the viewer to feel like they are looking through a security monitor, observing an everyday moment from the past. My images remain black and white to create calmness and visually seperate from the bright advertisements and neon that adorn our city.