Bringing the Surreal into Focus: Fred Scruton’s Art Environment Photography

When photographer Fred Scruton approached the colorful Niagara Falls, New York home and saw the extensive hand-painted ornamentation covering the house and yard, he knew he’d found a major outsider artist. The owner of the house, a man who goes by Prophet Isaiah Robertson, knew Scruton had been sent by God to record his message and spread it throughout the world. It’s possible both men were right.

Read the full story at Dirge.

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About Carter

Theodore Carter is the author of Stealing The Scream, Frida Sex Dreams and Other Unnerving Disruptions, and The Life Story of a Chilean Sea Blob and Other Matters of Importance. His fiction has appeared in The North American Review, Pank, Necessary Fiction, and elsewhere. Carter’s street art projects have earned attention from The Washington Post, The Washington City Paper, several D.C. TV news stations, and other outlets. In 2019, he organized the Night of 1,000 Fridas, an event spanning 5 continents that brought over 1,000 images of Frida Kahlo out into public view on the same night. More at www.theodorecarter.com.

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