Sunny Choi
Hiroshi Sugimoto, "Cabot Street Cinema," Massachusetts
1978, Gelatin Silver Print
The image I chose was Cabot Street Cinema (1978), by Hiroshi Sugimoto because of the black and white long exposures. The way the photo was taken, took an hour and a half of exposure for it to show the white screen and the pitch black seats that are most likely empty. I like it because it brings a lonely yet nostalgic vibe to the photo alone when the theater is a place where many people gather to see movies that are shown on the screen only to be quiet and be the only one in the theater. Nothing is on the screen and no one is in the theater brings in a wave of emptiness along with omnisity when there's nothing to see in a dark theater alone but a white screen shining through that empty feeling like you're about to die.
