Artist Statement:

"Here's a collection of work done during the pandemic. With my live music largely shut down, I devoted more time and energy to my other passion than ever before. I worked from life, worked from photos, worked in color pencil, worked in oil pastel. Almost all of them are about being outside in the beauty of nature. Covid might've stopped the music, but the art kept going!"

Artist Statement:

Since I was a teenager I have been drawn to cerebral experiences; visuals that take me to other places. I have been intrigued with the idea of dimensional space and the probability that our universe and everything in it is likely to be another layer in a far bigger pattern and if we only had the ability to discern our three dimensional space from another “angle” as we ride through the fourth dimension of time that a whole new reality would become obvious to us. My abstract and surreal works have always tried to express that while being locked into our limited perceptions since the mind is capable of accepting more than our senses perceive.

Artist Statement:

My art is something of an expression of my inner self. Dealing with severe addiction in the past I often look into the mirror and I know that there is that dark part of me that is buried inside just waiting to bubble up over the surface. Yet, from the outside people see a brighter side of me without knowing what is just beneath the surface. This can often be seen in my work: some images are bright and more dream-like in essence and yet, there are others that reflect those inner demons that I hold at bay. There is always darkness in the back of my head and I guess the best way to let that out and give it a voice is to express it through my art. I often get inspiration from my dreams, as cliche as that sounds, but when that happens the only thing left is to figure out how to turn those dreams into photography that reflects them.

Alone, Together is a collaboration between the Memory Maker Project and Binghamton University Harpur Fellow, Hadar Arens. The inspiration for this documentary photography project was born from the isolation that aging adults face due to Covid-19.

The Memory Maker Project is an art, culture and advocacy program for aging adults, people living with memory loss, and their loved ones in the Southern Tier. The pandemic revealed many things to us, including how fragile memory and community truly are. While Memory Maker has served people living with memory loss since 2015, we quickly broadened our mission in March of 2020 to include all aging adults, recognizing the connection between social interaction and brain health.

Artist Statement:

For the past eight years I have been on a journey of self healing. After being raped in 2013 my life took a downward spiral. I resorted to alcohol and drugs to try and escape from the nightmares and constant flashbacks of what had happened. Things just kept getting harder as I became more intoxicated. I was rarely sober, and when I was it wouldn’t last very long. After a long time I decided to get help. My professors at the time told me that working on a project about what happened to me could help me in the healing process. And it definitely has. Over the course of the last few years I have healed tremendously. My journey isn’t over yet, but I have come a long way from all of the self hatred that I had towards myself. This project is about my journey from self hatred to self love and forgiveness.

Artist Statement:

My flaws as a photographer show in my work. They are a fingerprint to my identity as an artist. I try not to hide those flaws because I'm not perfect. Life is not perfect.

Often I struggle to answer the question, Am I an Artist? Our world had stopped when Covid hit, silencing much of my everyday routines. Life slowed down, giving me time to focus on a path to find the answer, although it's a path riddled with insecurities and uncertainty. I have created many failures, but those failures are stepping-stones laid out for the trail on my journey of calling myself an artist. One day I will find what I'm looking for, but for now I'll continue to struggle looking for the answer.

An unthemed collection by the members, and staff, of the Binghamton Photo Community Darkroom.

Featuring the works of

Eli Foote
Eric Yetter
Kojo Senoo
Tara Monaco
Arra
Alexis Tauterouff

Artist Statement:
Brianne's entire life she felt as though life is color. Out of the darkness of the pandemic, Brianne discovered she could put life's color on a canvas. Exploring relationships of shapes, darkness, and light Brianne's work has evolved into an emotional release and a journey of self discovery. The vast blankness of a canvas presents Brianne an opportunity for another self realization and another chance to find beauty from the darkness. Brianne continues creating new work in her quest to understand the colors of her life and the world becomes more beautiful for it.

Artist Statement:
Art... is a true expression that comes from that beautiful inner place where the only true expression of ones-self exists. Being an artist allows us to meet and love ourselves on a level that is uniquely personal to ourselves and to share a bit of our divine soul with the world; to share our love and our vision through our unique creative expression.

Wallace Nutting was a U.S. minister, photographer, artist, and antiquarian, who is most famous for his landscape photos of New England. He also was an accomplished author, lecturer, furniture maker, antiques expert and collector. His atmospheric photographs helped spur the Colonial Revival style.

The imagery in these pieces show the experiences that I have learned from, and unanswered questions I have about society and the people of my generation. The extensive process that these works were created from ends in every detail being precisely placed, which results in my own style.

Margaret Winchell is a photographer whose work embodies the feeling of isolation through many different fields of photography. With the focus of her studies being in alternative processing, she specializes in Cyanotypes, and capturing the movement of a form within them.