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Colleen McCahill – Left Out – Photography Exhibit – 3/04 – 3/29
Posted on March 4, 2019 by admin
ARTIST STATEMENT:
I explore the “everyday” that often goes unnoticed. My goal as an artist is to create internal narratives between the viewer and the photographic image. These narratives serve to authentic the understanding of timelessness and our perception of the life around us.
This series started with one orange chair in an alley. Walking by the chair I was attracted by the color and contrast of the dirty atmosphere it was inhabiting. I almost walked by, but I took a step back and took the photo. Not familiar with the smart phone yet it was shaky. This started the relationship of the hunt for furniture on the side of the street, road, dumpster etc. It became a passion to capture the furniture before it was gone. Before I knew it, 3 years later, I’m still shooting this subject.
Photography itself is fleeting, but shooting this subject is even more so. This is the first time I used a mobile device to capture photos. I find it helps with speed, ease and it is non-intrusive, for those cases I need to jump out and quickly take the image.
I feel this subject matter captures the wastefulness as a society we create (and photography has never been the most environmentally friendly field – so the irony is not wasted on me), most of the frames are upcycled old frames found at thrift stores.
ARTIST BIO:
Colleen grew up in Indiana, and at an early age showed an interest in art. Colleen has spent the past 20 years dedicated to photography. She earned a BA from Indiana University 1999. Upon graduating she ventured West, to pacify her urge of travel and to experience a broader exchange of the world outside the Midwest. After having worked in several creative arenas, and met some amazing artists, she was inspired to return to Indiana to pursue her artwork full time.
A few of the mediums she has worked with includes: oil & watercolor paint, mixed media, medium format film, and contemporary digital photography.
Colleen focuses her lens on a variety of subjects capturing personality and essence while showing them off in an interesting and unique way.
Currently she is focusing on portraits, landscape and fine art photography.
My thoughts on mobile phone photography…can be summed up in someone else’s words…
“In the past 186 years, photography has evolved from tintypes to wet plate negatives to roll film to digital sensors.
Mobile photography has caught on even faster. No sooner did cellphones begin masquerading as cameras — or vice versa — than people began using them as a means of creative expression, a documentary tool and a way to share art. Today, smartphones are the most popular cameras on the market, and photo-sharing is the No. 1 use of social media. If it’s true what Henri Cartier-Bresson says, that our first 10,000 photos will be our worst, then mobile photography has given people an historic opportunity to quickly get past 10,001” – mobile photo awards.com
