DESCRIPTION
The images submitted are a selection from my new series Bare Essentials. Bare Essentials, interrogates patterns of human behavior and consumerism as they were affected by Covid-19 in North America. Prior to the pandemic, everyday products such as toilet paper, paper towels, tissues, masks and other disposable goods were assumed to be in endless supply with little awareness of the complex systems that deliver them to retail. As the world shut down, these basic items suddenly became scarce - panic purchasing ensued.
In this series, I create composited portraits of these banal items made valuable through the threat of scarcity — manipulating their form to visually convey their metamorphosis into elusive objects of desire. They seemingly drift through the pieces undermined by the realization of their functionality, effect on daily life. The images take on a spectral and slightly ironic quality, calling attention to the dependence on simple essential goods, supply chain and the newly emerging consumer hierarchy exposed during the early days of the pandemic. These are the bare essentials of our private lives.
Materials - Disposable masks, toilet paper, facial tissue, paper towels, packaging material and plexiglass
AUTHOR
"My images express what my words cannot; with my camera, I explore the ways that the most common experiences connect everyone, even when they relate to the most unique or personal incidents."
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021-2022 6th Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2021 Dusk To Dawn, Don't Take Pictures, Online
2021 Melancholia, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2020 From a Seed.... A World of Botanicals, New York Center of Photographic Arts, New York, US, Online
2020 Growth, 1854 Media & British Journal of Photography in collaboration with Galerie Huit Arles, OpenWalls Arles, Arles Contemporain Festival in place of Rencontres d’Arles (cancelled due to Covid) France
2020 The 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition, Foto Nostrum, Barcelona,
2020 The 14th Pollux Awards, Foto Nostrum, Barcelona
2020 The Fence - Regional Showcase, United Photo Industries, Exposure Festival, Calgary, Canada
Awards
2022 Honourable Mention, So Far I Just Can't See (single), Still Life, International Color Awards
2022 Honourable Mention, Bare Essentials (series), Fine Art, Annual Photo Awards
2022 Honourable Mention, Longing, Professional, Fine Art, Monochrome Awards
2021 Honourable Mention, So Far I Just Can't See, Professional, Nature/Other (single image), ND Awards
