DESCRIPTION
Captured and manipulated entirely in-camera, these "self portraits" push simple photography into surrealism and explore the interplay between identity and memory. In this project, hands represent one’s identity. Memory is the red thread. Memory, by its very nature, helps form who we are, thus influencing and shaping our identity. Some memories can distort our identity with superstitions and expectations. Other memories are truncated and we can only respond to the remaining fragments. Sometimes memories bring fears or nightmares.
Originally inspired by the dynamism of Futurists like Boccioni and the elongated, expressionistic hands of Schiele, this is an ongoing body of work, building upon previous iterations. The techniques exhibited here are continuously being improved and refined.
As stated, this project does not use digital means to manipulate and distort. Instead, more traditional techniques are enlisted. In a darkened room, light painting, choreography, and very long exposures are combined with some real-world trickery into a sort of photographic magic act. Other than basic color and exposure correction, dodging and burning, and cropping, the final image is as the camera saw it. In this case, the camera's memory rings true.
AUTHOR
SELECTED EXHIBITS:
2016 – Blue Sky's Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, juried selection, Portland, OR
2009 - Oni Ten Group Show, Shiro Oni Gallery, Onishi, Gunma, Japan
2008 - Pure Wood Pure Art Gallery, Albany, WI
2003 - Joint Show, In the Company of Thieves, Madison, WI
2002 - Solo Show, Mountain Java, Breckenridge, CO
2000 - Senior Thesis Exhibit, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
2000 - Student Juried Exhibition, Kirksville, MO
2000 - Aquadome Group Show, Kirksville, MO
2000 - Tom Thumb Gallery, Kirksville, MO
1999 - Wading Room Group Show, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
1999 - Student Juried Exhibition, Kirksville, MO
1999 - Tom Thumb Gallery, Kirksville, MO
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2013-Present: Independant Fine Art Print Sales and Commissions
2013: Volunteer Photography Instructor, Minneapolis, MN
2012-2014: Freelance Portrait Photographer, Minneapolis, MN
2012-2013: Noah Wolf Photography Studio, Portrait Photographer, Minneapolis, MN
2010-2014: Freelance Band Photographer, Minneapolis, MN
2010-2014: Freelance Wedding Photographer, Minneapolis, MN and Portland, OR
2008-2009: Freelance Commercial Photography Assistant, Minneapolis, MN
EDUCATION:
2000 - BA, Studio Art. Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
2000 – Summer Study: art history and photography, Florence, Rome, Venice, Italy
