Andy Mattern - Standard Size
By recovering his own reality, Andy Mattern presents an alternative norm in his new series of photographs: Standard Size. A standard is defined as something considered by authority or by general consent to be a basis of comparison, an approved model. As humans, there is a standard for just about everything and everyone. It’s found everywhere, even on photography paper boxes. When Andy Mattern would purchase paper he was hyperaware of the images and text he was involuntarily being sold on the box cover depicting the idealized family portrait or a picturesque landscape. In an effort to rid himself of the vexation caused by these images, he began to collage over all of his photography boxes from Kodak to Ilford to create the photographs seen in this collection.