Polyvinyl Mining

Bondi spent as much as a year working and reworking each set, arranging their elements according to no particular logic… And while these pieces are photographs, this isn’t photography. “I wouldn’t know an F stop from a Y stop,” he jokes. The lighting is basic, ambient. It’s tempting to credit Photoshop for some of the work’s visual extravagance — what kind of person would actually build that stuff in his pool? — but Bondi says there is none.

– Scott Dickensheets in Double Scoop: Arts in Nevada 2023