RUSH – Life at the speed of waiting

In the cold Canadian winter, Rod Henderson spent his time watching cars stopping in parking lots and roadside gas pumps. There he photographed people sheltering in their cars during the long drive home. The result was Transvoid, a series of photographs that won first prize in the portrait category at the World Press Photo 2010. Rush – Life in Waiting, is the continuation of that project.

At different times, in different weather, between January and June of this year, Rod Henderson photographed people inside stationary cars during high traffic hours in and around Santiago. The exhibition brings together 40 of these images, including portraits, details and urban landscapes. For the exhibition, Fay Henderson created a soundscape based on the sounds of traffic, inspired by brakes, machines and voices.

"I am interested in revealing the dichotomy that the use of the car presents with respect to the private and the collective, where in a public space, like the streets, we live individually inside our vehicles. In this project, vehicles are revealed as solitary domains in time and space, private islands of comfort and tranquility in an excessively hectic world," explains the Dutch photographer based in Chile. 

CALL 2017