Canadian Architect, June 2008
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Accidental Exposure, Deliberate Concealment
TEXT HANNAH TEICHER
PHOTO ERIC DEIS
A PHOTOGRAPHER REMINDS US--IF ONLY TEMPORARILY--OF THE HISTORICAL LAYERS OF THE CITY VANISHING BEFORE OUR EYES.
Flagging changes large and small which signal the disjointed evolution of the urban landscape, Eric Deis hurries to capture them, initiating a process of delaminating the city. His photos, while of Vancouver, are not specifically of Vancouver; while they are of buildings, they are not about buildings; and of course, while they are of construction sites, they are not concerned with construction sites. The photos instead reveal the discovery of accidental encounters, a process that only just begins as the photo is taken.
