Neal states, “as viewers see my works, I hope
that these images may trigger memories, either real
or imagined, and that they will find themselves in
the middle of a reverie of times past.”
The most resonantly suggestive pieces are a recent
series of small landscapes. These images, with their
tilted perspective, intensely burned contrast and
blurriness, give the feeling of a place seen intensely
in hurried passings. We all have them, these odd,
almost distorted images filed in our memory banks—strange
mental snapshots of unidentifiable places that for
some unknown reason remain etched on the mind.
While not all of the photos are as intriguingly resonant
as the small landscapes, every piece succeeds well
on its own merits. With their textural, almost painterly
quality, Neal’s photographs are a treat for
both the mind and the senses.
--Amy Sult, Excerpt from Kalamazoo Gazette, October
1993 |
