"I use the camera to describe sensations using only vintage cameras in small format.
The small scale of my works creates a personal intimacy with the subject. The images
of my Nightworks project are a tribute to the shadows and light of a city after dark.
The vertical bar dividing each 11x14 composition is achieved by using a half-frame camera and the separation foregrounds the temporal and spatial movements that I experience when making work – the time spent between shots. Some of the pairings document only a split second difference or a minor shift in the camera angle, while others represent larger periods of time and/or longer distances of travel between exposures. Each diptych catalogues not only the subjects I choose to photograph but also my travel through urban space as subject.
This lends a filmic quality to the work, especially when exhibited as a horizontal axis as each image on the page is part of its own series. The work is sold in various formats, each image is sold separately or as part of a series.
It never truly gets dark in a large city and from a plane, the light emanating from the ground is invariably made up of the orange arterial threads of roadway; testament to the fact that even while we’re sleeping we’re still in motion. Meanwhile, down on the ground a quick glimpse, at the end of the day, into the approaching night - to the bridges, the tunnels, buildings, windows and doors lit in ethereal techicolour. The images are stolen moments and missed opportunities, declined invitations, snapshots of a world going by. "
Although this is a statement for photography, it is my favorite artist statement that I have read.
I love how she includes her process and her explanation of the use f a diptych I enjoy the concept of how she portrays both her subjects along with her travels in one work of art.
The last paragraph is my favorite part of the statement because it really brings all of her work together. Her concept, ideas, and style are all captured in the few sentences at the end. The eeriness and mystery presented in her work is all highlighted in this paragraph.
The vertical bar dividing each 11x14 composition is achieved by using a half-frame camera and the separation foregrounds the temporal and spatial movements that I experience when making work – the time spent between shots. Some of the pairings document only a split second difference or a minor shift in the camera angle, while others represent larger periods of time and/or longer distances of travel between exposures. Each diptych catalogues not only the subjects I choose to photograph but also my travel through urban space as subject.
This lends a filmic quality to the work, especially when exhibited as a horizontal axis as each image on the page is part of its own series. The work is sold in various formats, each image is sold separately or as part of a series.
It never truly gets dark in a large city and from a plane, the light emanating from the ground is invariably made up of the orange arterial threads of roadway; testament to the fact that even while we’re sleeping we’re still in motion. Meanwhile, down on the ground a quick glimpse, at the end of the day, into the approaching night - to the bridges, the tunnels, buildings, windows and doors lit in ethereal techicolour. The images are stolen moments and missed opportunities, declined invitations, snapshots of a world going by. "
Although this is a statement for photography, it is my favorite artist statement that I have read.
I love how she includes her process and her explanation of the use f a diptych I enjoy the concept of how she portrays both her subjects along with her travels in one work of art.
The last paragraph is my favorite part of the statement because it really brings all of her work together. Her concept, ideas, and style are all captured in the few sentences at the end. The eeriness and mystery presented in her work is all highlighted in this paragraph.
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