John O’Reilly constructs intimate and beautiful black
and white photographic montages. Using a Polaroid
camera, he photographs scenes set up in his studio,
his own body, or familiar surroundings. He also re-
photographs images from magazines, history books,
gay porn, and other sources. He then cuts and
pastes these various images into collages in which
figures and objects morph into each other amidst
fragmented backgrounds.

These images are put together with the same sort
of psychological glue as our dreams. History and
fantasy intertwine and become indistinguishable.
The past, present and future co-exist. Unlikely
juxtapositions are inexplicably logical and uncan-
nily apt.