Pigment and Silver at Pittsburgh Filmmakers
June 28, 2013 to September 13, 2013
Photo by Ellen Bjerklie Hanna
This group exhibit showcases the portfolios of these five artists: AgWorks Member Ellen Bjerklie-Hanna A. Jason Coleman, Danielle Goshay, Brenda Roger and Cynthia Zordich.
“These students were encouraged to experiment, explore and eventually find their personal style or voice in the medium,” says Associate Professor Sue Abramson, head of the photography program at Pittsburgh Filmmakers.
Coleman, Goshay and Roger create mysterious and surreal imagery, playing with optics, chemistry and materials. They celebrate aberrations, ghosts and abstract forms that enter our subconscious. Coleman uses old lenses and creative optic effects. Roger employs multiple exposers combining pinhole and lens cameras, then prints using a 19th century process called salt printing. Goshay’s work is created using a photogram process or scanner, thus they are cameraless images. “This work is more experimental and so it intrigues and frustrates,” says Abramson.
Bjerklie-Hanna and Zordich explore loss and life’s transitions. Zordich uses wall text with traditional-style portraits to document football players after they’ve retired from the game. Bjerklie-Hanna experiments with a plastic Holga camera and composite imagery. She looks at her aging parents through their home and their possessions, as she anticipates their passing. “The images from both of these photographers allow an emotional connection with the viewer,” says Abramson.
For more information on the show, visit Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ website at http://pfm.pittsburgharts.org/pigment-and-silver.
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