House Hunting

Todd Hido’s photographs represents the many homes in the suburbs at night.The homes where family turn on the television to end there nights with relaxation. Hido's photograph tend to focuses on the windows with blue light, which represented the light projected from the television. His photographs make me feel sad because the pictures represent families that lack communications and the feeling of someone being ignored. Even tough, televisions can be used in homes to bring families together to converse, it breaks the sense of bond. In other words, people who tend to be lonely find the television a sense of comfort as they lay down and relax. Light represents the sign that someone’s home but also shows no emotions between family in the house. Usually homes in his photographs have no people in them. Therefore, making a statement different from Owens photography of Suburbs. For example, Hido’s shows the suburbs at night with the absence of people. His depiction of a home is usually the outside of a home with a light shining from the window. It represents the motionless effort between family as day turns into night.As a result, during the night each family member spends their nights alone. In Owens photos, family are a whole and the settings are typically during the day time where family interacts with each other. In particular, Pictures like a father inside his home playing with his many kids. At the same time, showing the happy delightful feel of a family and showing the bond between a close family. For this reason, suburbs at night and the suburbs during day tell different stories about suburbia and each carry a different statement about a home varies.

Todd Hido- "House Hunting"                                         

       












                                                    Bill  Owen-"Suburbia"