2024 01 04

Sloppy Bob. November, 2023. Chicago. ©Clayton Hauck

A fun album I recently came upon via Ezra Furman’s favorite albums of 2023 list:

This album got me thinking about art and how music is, rightfully, among the most celebrated of art forms (and how photography is not even really considered art). Within a song, let alone an entire album, you have countless opportunities to connect with an audience. A catchy lyric, fun melody, weird sound, etc. Even the world’s most iconic photographs are like the equivalent of a single note, or perhaps on a good day a little jingle (photography books or bodies of work is another story!). Sometimes a photographer will hit a home run and merge a striking image with a relevant global conversation and it can connect and have a deeper impact, like the memorable photojournalistic images through the years, but even my strongest images will be mostly forgotten by next Tuesday.

Anyway, this album is better than 99.86% of the world’s photographs.

Enjoy!

-Clayton