(Photo credit: Kirsten Hoving, Earth’s Atmosphere from the series Night Wanderers)
Kirsten Hoving typifies her photographic work as “strange and sometimes wonderful.” Hoving’s Night Wanderers series – in which she examines frozen worlds of her own devising – is imbued with both.
She writes:
Night Wanderers is a series of photographs envisioning the cosmos. I photograph objects and nineteenth-century photographs frozen in or placed under disks of ice to create the feeling of galactic swirls of stars, galaxies and spiral nebulae.
For this series, I have been influenced not by the work of other photographers, but by the collage and assemblage art of the American artist Joseph Cornell… His working method encouraged me to take risks, to experiment, and to be willing to destroy one object to create another. He also taught me to appreciate the stars.
Check out more of Kirsten’s work and the rest of the Night Wanderers series at www.kirstenhovingphotographs.com
Tags:Black and White·Kirsten Hoving
(Photo credit: Bishop Bastien, After the Bloom)
Bishop Bastien’s photograph After the Bloom lends a renewed dignity to a faded bouquet. Flowers rendered in black and white seem to veer between the melancholy and the curious as the natural world is not quick to provide two tone viewing opportunities. Further, we can’t help but wonder at the human intent of the original blooms.
Visit www.bishopbastien.com to see more of Bishop’s work.
Tags:Bishop Bastien·Black and White
(Photo credit: Nan Brown, Flats from the series Intimations)
The rabbit fast explosion of digital imaging saw the family album replaced by photo streams and online galleries. Family photography today is for the most part a disposable enterprise. This series from photographer Nan Brown explores youth in slow, segmented remembrances. The resulting images are not snapshots but artifacts of shared experience.
Her project statement reads:
My children allowed me to photograph them, to explore my view of them – perhaps revealing as much about my character as theirs – but I hope with honest insight into theirs. They simply trusted me as their mother. That intimacy of view is a privilege I have tried to respect.
See the rest of Intimations and more of Nan’s work at www.nanbrownphotographs.com
Tags:Black and White·Nan Brown
August 30th, 2010 · Events
(Photo credit: Mollee Weaver, Once Upon a Time)
Well, seeing as it’s Monday, you’re probably thinking about what to do this upcoming long weekend. Before you head out of town for one last summer hurrah, swing by the Center’s opening reception for the Black and White exhibition, this Friday, September 3 from 6 – 9 PM. As always, the reception is FREE and open to the public. We’ll see you here!
Tags:Black and White·Opening Reception
(Photo credit: Agnieska Sosnowska, The Hunt from the series Iceland; Juror’s Selection)
According to the U.S. census, the average American moves 11.7 times in a lifetime. Most stay within the same county, let alone country. Agnieska Sosnowska’s Iceland catalogs her relationship with a new country and culture, examining the transition from the strange to the familiar.
In her own words:
These images are a visual diary revealing a new path in my life. In 2005, I married an Icelander and immigrated to a farm in Eastern Iceland. The camera has served as my tool in exploring a surreal landscape and understanding a culture that has become my new home.
See more of Agnieska’s work at www.sosphotographs.com
Tags:Agnieska Sosnowska·Black and White
