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“As an artist working in experimental photography, video, film, and installation,
my practice revolves around our curiosity, need, and fear of the natural world. With the use of pinhole cameras, homemade filters, and other unconventional techniques, I find meaning in my materials and process, often embracing the photographic object as a catalyst for new possibilities such as a collage or
an animation. The ebb and flow of nature, passage of time, and a longing to connect to the natural world within the chaos of contemporary life are some thematic threads that run through my work. Drawing from varied sources such as art and photographic history, scientific areas of study, current events and personal experience, my creative research explores how nature impacts our lives—in ways that are both obvious and more mysterious—while calling at- tention to other issues surrounding the environment.”
“For the past several years my work has focused on the sun to reflect upon our
curiosity, need, and fear of nature’s primary resource. ORBS, part of the Sun Notations series, is an ongoing study documenting the four seasons through pinhole photography. Each exposure, lasting 1-4 months, captures the pathway of the sun rising and setting over the course of time. The resulting images function as a meditation on the passage of time, inviting viewers to reflect on our shared place in the cosmos.”
KriSta leigh SteinKe