“The first thing I noticed about American photographer Michael Ast’s debut book is how these images carry the tempo of a city, in this case Baltimore, Maryland. It is almost as if Ast’s camera is a barometer for the mood of this town seen in its human and animal inhabitants, its concrete structures, cracked roads, dilapidated buildings and steaming vents.
In “Trying to Find the Ocean” Ast creates a seamless narrative that gains momentum as the pages unfold and there is definitely a sense that as you move through this book you are part of a journey that is both physical and allegorical….”
I had the wonderful pleasure to do an interview with Australian journalist and photographer Alison Stieven-Taylor for her “Photojournalism Now” blog covering contemporary photojournalism and photographers.
The full interview and review of Trying to Find the Ocean can be read here at Photojournalism Now’s Book Reviews
