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Robert Zott

Medium: Music and videos, Performing Arts, Photography / Printmaking

Description:  A 50-page book of photographs of tombstones

Robert Zott

Medium: Music and videos, Performing Arts, Photography / Printmaking

Description:  A 50-page book of photographs of tombstones


The Tombstone Photographs Book
50 pages of B&W Photography



The Tombstone Photographs Book
50 pages of B&W Photography



The Tombstone Photographs Book
50 pages of B&W Photography



The Tombstone Photographs Book
50 pages of B&W Photography


Robert Zott takes photographs of tombstones ... not your average tombstones. Each bears a single last name that is also a common English word. When describing his work, he cites Michelangelo who said, “The greatest artist has no single concept that a marble block does not contain already.” The New York Times has written, “Robert Zott’s surveying of graveyards to find tombstones with startlingly appropriate names on them is a fascinating and increasingly well-known obsession.”

All from the Tombstone Photographs book by Robert Zott (2020)

Fake Knock Knock Off Center

 

Loss of Vision Fast Food Power and Money
 

View more at www.robertzott.com/tombstones

 

Robert Zott is also a singer/songwriter who creates a unique form of conceptual blues. His recordings incorporate objects such as a nautical speaking tube, a Morse code generator, and a music box made from a black box flight recorder. Each object makes reference to communication at a distance and functions as a metaphor for isolation. For each song, he creates a "video storybook" that gives visual context to the narrative. 

 

“Video Storybooks” that combine music and still images to create blues-based narratives
www.robertzott.com/blues.htm

LATEST VIDEO: Baroque Blues Video Storybook - CLICK HERE

Production Stills from the Baroque Blues Video Storybook


See more of the artist's collections at www.robertzott.com
For purchase, pickup/delivery/shipping, contact Robert at robertzott@comcast.net

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