And no work of any great artist can be complete without pictures of Fences.
Although my favourite fence on his website is this one. It has the most emotional resonance for me. That photo deeply moved me emotionally, I hope it did for you as well.
His thought provoking work is clearly in demand as you can see from the amount of exhibitions behind him.
I'm so privilaged to have had a 45 minute critique of my work by him, so he could explain to me why my photography is shallow.
He said I'm trapped in a superficial box, where my work does not seem to be developing or growing, I'm just repeating my self all the time.
As you can see from his work there have been huge re-inventions and growth in his work as demonstrated in 1992's Sinister And Dexter
You can see his huge change as an artist, each gallery it's like a different photographer.
I just developed two negs I found at the back of the fridge, and then scanned them.
I've been analyzing them to see how I can improve my work to make it more relevant and more deep.
Now that I've had a brush with greatness.
This is one of the first photos from that roll.
Perhaps it would have been more ironic if no one was in the frame. I should go back and re-shoot this, then it could almost be as good as this. My problem is that I don't get far back enough, and I include things like people in the frames.
I should go back to this spot, and re-shoot the bench when it's empty.
This was taken from my car window, again I should have waited for him to pass so it would just be the car mirror and sky.
Also the newspaper he is holding up has a headline that says commuter chaos, which is just a purile pun.
Also he is black which means I'm racist for taking this photo.
This is more like it finally we have a fence, but again there are people blocking the view and matching the perspective.
Also the light is good so I have to go back when the light is overcast and dull so it will be more arty like here. The reflections in the glass with a 28mm here is artistic, but I need to get back to the other side of the street to be more interpretive. Because the less brave you are, the more deep and meanful you will be.
This photo is just not relevant in post cease fire Ireland, it's far too much of a pre-cease fire representation of Irish society.
The old man represents tradional Irish values and the men in suits represent England and America, and they're walking behind imposing they're cultural will. The shadows are too obvious a representation of the civil war in Ulster.
I apologize for having such out dated undertones in my work.
The man shielding his eyes from the sun, I was trying to represent wider implications of consumerism, and it's effects on the people of outer Mongolia.
This is the most deep and meaningful of the series.
Again my ideals are post dated, as the two men represent Church and State, and the man dividing them is the ideals of peace.
A cliche.
Anouther purile representation of modern Dublin. I was trying to get across the point of how cycling can reduce global warming and carbon emissions. But it's too in focus to be real art.
The streak of light goes forth telling ignorant philistines who don't have fancy PHD's at the end of their names, how relevant in-tangible art is to economic boom Ireland.
I should have just photographed the ground instead, as it's too much of a decisive moment, it's the undecisive moment that has far more meaning.
I should have waited for the crowd to clear, as the sky had clouded over creating the perfect overcast light for great art.
The lampost forms a juxtaposition that is not spiritual enough. Plus the performer with a hoop of fire has too many wider implications for the war in Iraq.
If the street was empty I could have taken a frame as good as this. There is muslem woman on the left, is this too sexist an image.
I call this one head stand. I was trying to represent the wider struggle of economic growth versus tradional values, but this series of images. Does far it better. Finally at the end of it all I produce a picture of some deep meaning.
Picasso had his blue period, it looks like I'm in my purile period.
My friend Lance does not do gallery's or currators, for his paintings. As he says those people are Talent Vampires that feed off the skill talent of others as they have none themselves. If you look at these meaningful works of great art from Mr Duncan's website, does it not strike you as odd that there are no people present in any of the pictures.
They say a photographers images say everything about him.
What does a grey overcast world devoid of people say?
thank you for making me laugh so hard.
P.S. You're wicked talented and I have no clue what that guy was talking about ;)