Jan Staller

For more than 30 years I have been photographing subject matter thought by most to have little interest. While I do appreciate grand and impressive sights, my photography is less about the intrinsic appeal of the subject and more about the transformative qualities of the medium.

As do many photographers, I take road trips. Where most photographers' trips are long journeys in search of the unusual, my road trips are often local- hours spent traversing the same general territory year after year in search of the familiar. From the highways and service roads within a 20 mile radius of Manhattan I have found my imagery in ordinary and ignored sites.

The photographs posted here are of just this sort- unprepossessing subject matter that most pass by without notice.

With an eye enlightened by the drawing, sculpture and painting I have seen in the past 30 years, I see my subjects as ready-made art. While my work can be seen as a factually descriptive, I wish to create a transformative reading.

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Maryland Institute