These photographs are from a series called "Street Furniture" by Miles Coolidge from 2008. I was immediately intrigued by these images because of the perfect/imperfect compositions they have. I mean a perfect composition because the subject (the furniture) are lines up perfectly in the photograph, but they are imperfect because they make your head turn when you look at them. Typically everything we look at you find your balance off of the horizon line, in these image the horizon line is screwed and the viewer tries to see it the correct way (usually by turning the head to make the horizon straight).
The questionable positioning of the elements in the photograph raise questions. I question why they are off balance and why the furniture is in the locations they are. Soon I realize these pieces of furniture are someones trash. Like seeing photographs of abandoned houses, these abandoned pieces of furniture make me wonder why they are being discarded and i wonder what memories are attached to these items.
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