Eleanor Kerr's fine art landscape photographs emerge from sensibilities honed by "the relentless press of nature" in her native south Louisiana. Kerr's images, attuned to the most primal, elemental aspects of her environment, speak to the mysterious, hidden depths of nature. Her work offers both a place of retreat and a portal through which to experience Kerr's gentle prying back of "the layers of nature's mysteries." Kerr creates poetic, contemplative images which blur the line between "what is there and what else is there." Her photographs are noted for luminous reflections, subtle tonal modulation, and dramatic shadowplay.
With their painterly qualities, Kerr's images contain a stillness and level of abstraction which transport the viewer into the presence of a magical and mysterious nature. Driven by the direct communication between artist and materials, Kerr remains devoted to traditional wet darkroom practices; her finely crafted silver prints are individually produced by hand. Kerr's images are visions in which the viewer can explore elemental forces of nature, emotions roiling to the cadences of light and shadow.
