I was first made aware of the
Sleeping Giants project on the skateboard photography forum I have been visiting and participating in for years now when the photographer behind the series posted looking for critique. Since then I have seen it linked from a number of sites including the blog of a photographer I follow from New York and the San Francisco art site Fecal Face. I have been seeing work from Brooks Reynolds on Agro (back to when it was still SkateboardPhotography.com) for some years now and clicked the link to be brought to a simple flash gallery filled with compelling images that, in my opinion, accomplish what they set out to do:
"Summer nights encompass some of the most unforgettable times of our lives.
There is a certain mystery contained in the darkness & tension.
In 48 photographs, ‘WE ARE SLEEPING GIANTS” eludes to the stories of youth, isolation &
nearly supernatural experiences during this annual epoch."
I was going to gush about Brooks's use of light and effectiveness of capturing whats really an indefinable mood, but just go look at the images. They speak for themselves.
WE ARE SLEEPING GIANTS
