Brian Ulrich had a very focused and linear process and direction to his work and was very fun to listen to. I enjoyed seeing the progression from department store shopping sprees to thrift store sifting to dark, abandoned storefronts. For his shopping photos he captured some great moments and was able to do so in a very clean, professional way that didn't seem snapshotty at all. I was most intrigued by his 'dead mall' images however, which demonstrated a very good use of long night exposures. The photos portrayed nice exaggerated color and lighting, characteristics of good available light night photography. Also, in large part because of his use of large format film, he was able to maintain a very high image quality despite the long exposures. As with all his photos, they were very well composed and made good use of interesting visua
l elements here and there. My favorite was the series from the most overgrown mall, which really demonstrated how over many years time slowly 'reclaimes' locations that initially sprung up in mere days. The decision to shoot them at night really aided in the feeling of desolation while amping up the eerie existence present in all abandoned buildings.
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