William Mark Sommer
Time (Series)
DESCRIPTION
Through the monotonous waiting and patience within the COVID-19 Pandemic, I was driven to focus on time and its importance to myself. The construct of time was always a driving force to me, from wanting to be on time to wishing I had ten more minutes, through this extensive “pause” I was drawn to document time's personal meaning within my photographs.
Developing a historic vision of time in the transitions of the sun & moon, I utilized a 4x5 film camera to track these celestial movements through consecutive exposures that happen every ten-minutes, elapsing a period of hours in single locations. I sought for this long process to be a meditative way of creation to develop catharsis for lost time.
AUTHOR
William Mark Sommer is a visual artist and educator working with in the small town of Loomis, California. Through Sommer's work in analog photography, he has received a BFA in Art Photography from Arizona State University and traversed the United States developing a practice that engages in themes of human nature, preservation, empathy and time.
Growing up in a bypassed highway town of Loomis, Sommer’s life was shaped by small-town American culture. This culture along the Lincoln Highway gave him a deep admiration towards the overlooked and in-between places that were forgotten by the many.
Sommer has exhibited projects in North America and Europe; venues including, The International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, Center For Fine Art Photography, Midwest Center For Photography, Center for Photographic Art, Belfast Photo Festival, Incadaques International Photo Festival, Yeiser Art Center, Northlight Gallery, His awards include Life Framer’s First Prize Award Selected by Alex Prager and British Journal of Photography & 1854 Media “Open Walls” and “Decade of Change”, He has also been featured in publications like Stay Wild magazine, Lodown
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