Please join us at Hearts and Robots Hair Studio, Sunday May 20, 2012. Rachel Brady is a local photographer that will be displaying three different series of photographs(or are they photographs?).
Complimentary Beverages provided.
Brady's statements and bio are listed below.
White House
White House explores the concept of constructed realities and how recollections reassemble time....
[read more] Please join us at Hearts and Robots Hair Studio, Sunday May 20, 2012. Rachel Brady is a local photographer that will be displaying three different series of photographs(or are they photographs?).
Complimentary Beverages provided.
Brady's statements and bio are listed below.
White House
White House explores the concept of constructed realities and how recollections reassemble time. Originally I photographed thousands of homes across the country from my car window, often not looking through the viewfinder. This process provided an extensive image bank containing unusual elements. I then built each structure out of these components digitally. One frame might contain roof shingles from a home in Texas, a tree from Illinois, a front door from a house in New York, and people from a yard in Virginia. I’ve intentionally left visual cues like unnatural perspectives and digital seams to cause the viewer to question the truth of the photographs.
These scenes convey a false sense of reality. By focusing on repetitions in architecture, as well as nature, and by keeping each house white I am questioning the individualized and instead showcasing the mundane by exposing their sameness.
Backyard Portrait
This series is a study of assembled beauty. The women wear unique dresses and jewelry I made for them. Each woman was originally photographed in my backyard at the time. The landscapes they are now placed in are built from multiple images of other locations which are stitched together digitally. Everything in the photograph has been altered, all lines of reality blurred. This project pays tribute to Julia Margaret Cameron, a huge influence of mine both aesthetically and thematically.
Glare
This project was an effort to visualize anxiety and stress. These sittings were very physical; the models were made to repeatedly jump, fall, or otherwise rigorously engage their environment. Alternate light sources, multiple exposures, and long exposures become filters on reality, revealing a psychological response - that which is unseen.
Bio
Originally from Alton, a small town in Southern Illinois, Rachel studied at Ringling College of Art and Design for her BFA in Photography and at School of Visual Arts for her MFA, also in Photography. She has worked with photography greats Helen Levitt, Joyce Tenneson, and Annie Leibovitz. Rachel has also worked for various arts institutions, a few being Maine Media Workshops, International Center of Photography, Hasted Hunt (now Hasted Kraeutler) Gallery, ARTnews Magazine, Laurence Miller Gallery, and most recently Austin Center for Photography. She currently lives in Austin, TX forging her own path as a young artist.
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