Boulevard: Anonymous, San Francisco, 2010

For Grannan, her work stems from an attraction to what she refers to as “anonymous people,” and curiosities about what it means to be seen and known. In her search for subjects, she seeks those who aren’t just willing to be photographed, but those interested in collaborating in on-the-spot posturing for the camera. And within this mode the photographer shares authorship of her work to those being authored. The resulting works, while depicting strangers on the street, expand into larger documents of the process of discovery, visibility, and a reversal of anonymization. What Grannan asks of viewers is simply to acknowledge the Other, and to see those who are largely unseen.

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