Come and join us as Marsha and I along with two other artists present our interpretation of the unfolding nature of relationships and life. We will be exhibiting images fromsome of our weddings that illustrate the progressive unfolding of two people as they move toward becoming a couple.
Come and join us for the opening St. Patty’s Day at the Frank Stone Gallery in North East Minneapolis, all detasils are on the card graphic above. Hope to see you there.
The statement below describes our approach to this project and what we hope to show:
We look for those unnoticed moments of life the ones that penetrate deeply into the very essence of our subjects. We have chosen to work on the study of human relationships as embodied by the ceremonial marking of the formal onset of couple hood, the wedding. This time in a person’s life is often full of a wide range of emotions as each person begins the transition from young adult to full adulthood. It is a time discovery, of searching for identity, and frequent challenges to one’s self confidence.
Rather than taking a traditional approach to documenting this time of emergence we are placing our emphasis on the nature of the search for identity, and feelings of becoming a couple. To do this we begin working with couples early on in order to establish a relationship of trust and comfort and individualized attention. Individually each wedding event is a story, not only of the couple but also of all those who connect to them, the interactions between each becomes a chapter of the story. Our vision allows us to see and record the subtleties of those interactions and essentially witness key moments. Collectively, our images tell a greater story, of hope, vision ,separation and anticipation all important and necessary for successful integration of life’s experiences that lead to wisdom.
Metaphorically, the wedding represents the movement and subsequent unfolding as a person progresses through the cycle s of persephone’s Journey. Emergence into couplehood represents a transition into a new cycle and a new form of being that will require it to follow Persephone’s path for survival. Our access to a couples life allows us to capture that journey and the resultant cycle of unfoldings.
Each image is treated both individually and as part of the whole, Bill applies the same techniques he used while working in film to each image only using digital tools. Whether in a darkroom or on a computer screen the visual interpretation of each image and hence each subject is founded on the energy of the subject. Bill views the photographic image as the starting point in his interpretation, his camera and lenses are is brushes.
