Taylor Galloway : I Can Feel You Dreaming

Taylor Galloway : I Can Feel You Dreaming by Tracy L. ChandlerJuly 2, 2023

Taylor Galloway’s newest publication, I Can Feel You Dreaming from Deadbeat Club invites the viewer along for what seems like an American road trip with the cozy familiars of train crossings and prairie bison. But linger a bit longer and you may feel the stir of a fever dream. We are on this train barreling full speed through metaphor and archetype.

Beds both tucked and messy, birds’ eggs whose contents have been punctured and ravaged, a suit coat in a store window with a shadow of a heart on it’s sleeve, a close-up of eyes on a television screen that match the cold stare of a sitting owl; we weave through stations of black-and-white images, some soft and smeary and others stark with the blinding effect of flash.

All would serve as a diverting dream puzzle for the Jungian analyst. But photographs, like the subconscious, can be fickle with fleeting attempts to bring something mysterious into the known. Galloway’s images oscillate between obfuscation and direct pointing. One image in particular explicitly instructs us in all its soothing symmetry, a train-crossed field with a centered signpost that reads “Go, Down, Deep.” Take heed.

Taylor Galloway (b. 1990) is an American photographer and publisher currently based in Los Angeles, CA. Galloway’s photographs explore the ideas of memory, navigation, and one’s own place in their journey. His work has been exhibited across the United States and Europe.

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Deadbeat Club is an independent publishing group & coffee roaster located in Los Angeles. Rooted in contemporary photography, their ethos on small run, limited edition publications carries into their small batch single origin, signature blend and limited release coffees.

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Tracy L Chandler is a photographer based in Los Angeles, CA.

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