Desierto y laberinto 2014

Francis Naranjo's "Desierto y laberinto" is a series of black and white photographs and found objects carefully placed in transparent display cases. It's like a visual poem, with each element contributing to a larger narrative about landscape, memory, and the act of collecting. The photos, lined up in a row, offer glimpses of a desert landscape. They appear almost like stills from a film, each one catching a different nuance of the terrain. Look closely at the objects in the display cases below. Little treasures, mysterious artifacts that seem to whisper stories of the past. Together, these elements create a dialogue between the photographic representation and the tangible reality. There is something about the way Naranjo has carefully arranged and categorized his finds that reminds me of Joseph Cornell's shadow boxes, where ordinary objects are elevated to the status of art through placement. "Desierto y laberinto" invites us to consider art as an ongoing conversation across time.