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Dennis Russell Hodges

Conceptual Photography

Dennis Hodges That which separates us installation

That which separates us

There are lines which are drawn in the sand. Issues which separate us one from the other. The line moves with the issue; shifts, changes when convenient, changes as the wind blows so to speak.

I live in Kansas, one of the most conservative states in the US. Jet contrails cross the sky, connecting the coasts; overflying areas that are philosophically different from the cities of departure and arrival. Areas of the US that share a different ideology from the land in between. Cities versus the countryside. North versus south. East versus West. The right versus the left. The right versus the wrong, depending upon which side of the line you stand; which side of that particular issue.

The contrails leave their mark on the sky, but only temporarily; as the wind and the weather change, so do they, eventually disappearing until the next jet comes along, drawing a new line. The lines disappear as easily as Americans lose interest in the crisis du jour; fade away as the minutes tick by. But then, just like the next headline or breaking story or tweet, with the next jet passing by the line is redrawn and the divide is renewed.

That which separates us

2017

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Image of a jet contrail over a gun show sign

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Image of a jet contrail bisecting the image vertically

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Image of a jet contrail bisecting the image horizontally

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Jet contrail arcing diagonally through the image

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Portion of a jet contrail highlighted against clouds

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Jet contrail high above an anti-abortion sign

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Abstract jet contrail bisecting the image vertically

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Jet contrail bisecting the image vertically

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Two jet contrails forming an X in the middle of the image

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Jet contrail far above a Jesus sign

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Multiple jet contrails vertical in the image, one next to the other

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Two jet contrails sweeping through the image in a slow arc

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Three contrails fading off into the distance

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Multiple jet contrails abstract against the clouds looking like waves on a beach

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Two contrails intersecting while dissipating at the same time

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Jet contrail in the lower third of the image highlighted against the clouds behind

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Jet contrail bisecting the image vertically

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Abstract image of a jet contrail bisecting the image vertically

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Jet contrail bisecting the image vertically

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Wide, dissipating jet contrail bisecting the image vertically while fading off into the distance

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Small, distant contrail beginning to bisect the image vertically

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Small distant contrail bisecting a portion of the image vertically

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