Mimesis is grounded in issues of identity, the other and the psychology of knowledge and power. The creation of this series comes at a time when the struggle to accept the unfamiliar is pervasive in our culture. When looking at these images, the urge to ask “what is it?” echoes the question, “what are … Continue reading 2018 CJL Finalist Claire Warden
I sometimes ask my subjects to imagine that they are already a portrait and able to see the viewer looking at them and to look back with the same intensity that they feel is directed toward them. I’m looking for a conversation and/or a confrontation. The multiple moments in time and multiple points of … Continue reading 2018 CJL Finalist David Van Allen
The women and girls in Sleeping Beauty lie outdoors on the ground in a vulnerable position, yet they are alert and aware. In this work, I investigate early hopes and expectations, the belief that we can do anything, which leaves us at odds as we mature and internalize resistance from society. The portraits highlight the capacity for … Continue reading 2018 CJL Finalist: Lydia Panas
My ongoing series ‘Scenes’ centers around transforming spaces, often a room, into fantastical landscapes which frequently utilize elements of nature and the natural world to tell a story. Each concept, shaped predominantly by events in my life, creates a sort of conceptual autobiography. Building these life-sized installations also allows me to literally live … Continue reading 2018 CJL Finalist: Dorothy O’Connor
The still life, as a type of representation, nods toward product and food photography, but I try to complicate the subtext of desire with elements of violence and disgust and humor. In this way, the familiar becomes something strange. Colors and textures and cliches play off each other. Everyday artifacts are carefully arranged within … Continue reading 2018 CJL finalist: Ashley Miller
These pictures situate a mystical narrative along the edge of suburbia, a seemingly bland and uneventful place. This banality can incubate something curious, such as the luminous events shown in these landscapes. Conceptually, these pictures depict thresholds between physical, geographical, and psychological states of being. Twilight is situated between day and night, while suburbia … Continue reading 2018 CJL Finalist: Christopher Jordan
This series began with a question – How can I show the expansive space all around me in a single two-dimensional image? After some experiments, I realized I could use a mirror in the landscape to join the space behind me with the space in front of me. The series clicked into place when … Continue reading 2018 CJL Finalist: Kevin Hoth
