Tag Archives: Fires

Soap + Fire

The first part of Soap + Fire consists of a panning shot (left to right) over bottles and boxes of cleaning supply, which JoAnn Elam might have thought of including in Daytime Television (date unknown) or some other project devoted to women’s place in society and the “politics of housework.” The second part shows the

Fire on Wayne

“Fire on Wayne” consists of Elam capturing smoke and flames billowing out of a home. Through longer, observational shots (opposed to Elam’s oft disposition for brevity), Elam documents, through a grainy, blue-hued frame, not only the incident, but also an assortment of firefighters and on-lookers reacting to the fire.