| Carlson's gaze is steadfastly upon the human world. The most interesting of Carlson's photographs are his images of children: odd, uncanny pictures. These photographs of children are completely natural--not in any way contrived; their oddity derives purely from the madness that is an integral element of childhood, which Carlson captures with real skill.--Doug Lebrun, VOX-The Vermont Times entire review |
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David Carlson has an eye for out-of-the-ordinary images. It's a subtle thing, but the cumulative effect is to make the viewer think that reality is not just passively hanging around;it's waiting to be noticed. It might even be lurking and ready to pounce. Carlson looks through the camera with the eyes of a poltergeist--his observances are unnaturally acute and often question the innocent patina of normality. --Pamela Polston, Seven Days entire review |
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Carlson has a thrilling ability to distill his vague, childlike sentiments into specific images that contain real emotional power. The images in his photographs seem to surface, blinking, like botom-fish that were never meant to see the light of day. David Carlson's photographs give off a fevered buzz that may remind you of the first time you saw David Lynch's Blue Velvet. There's that same rush of oblique angles and overripe colors, the sensation of the familiar pivoting on the unthinkable. He has his transistor tuned into cosmic frequencies that seem just beyond human range. -- Dwight Garner |
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