Silo City – a portrait of constancy and change



a photography exhibition by Thomas Bittner @ Hangman Gallery in Toronto

August 26 - September 15, 2013



 

What makes a place special? The answer is in a journey in which a place reveals itself in ways that are difficult to put in words. This exhibition documents my journey of exploration of a place called 'Silo City’, a collection of about ten, mostly disused, silos along a one-mile stretch of the Buffalo River in the southern part of the City of Buffalo. Over a period of one year from 2012 to 2013 I visited this place numerous times, took thousands of images, and begun to feel at home. As I came back again and again, I discovered how things change over the course of days, months, and seasons but nevertheless remain the same. It is this interplay of constancy and change which to me reveals the essence of this place. It is this interplay I aim to capture in the images selected for this exhibition.