In Tripping the Light Fantastic, the world’s simplest wonders are made extraordinary through the lens of photographers from across the globe. Everyday focal points are uniquely captured in this grand display of thought provoking images and technical mastery. From breathtaking depictions of nature to dramatic portrayals of the human condition, this exhibit will revise the way we see the world.
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Eleanor Owen Kerr
 
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I am compelled by places and moments which illuminate the gossamer web of the eternal which weaves itself through all things temporal. Drawn to the natural world in all its manifestations, I photograph what is there to explore what else is there - to find the questions which reveal the answers that lie all around us. Quite often, my photographs choose me - making me simply the vehicle for bringing them forth. Much of my job is to be aware enough to hear the call. Particular moments, relationships, and places stop me in my tracks; if I pay heed, even with the barest glimmer of insight or wisp of understanding, these are the images which come to mean the most to me.
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"Ocean Point Childs Play"
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"Ocean Point Levitation"
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Allen Palmer
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Photography for me has become an exploration into the seen and the implicit or, in psychological terms, an exploration in the interplay between manifest forms and their deeper narrative and contextual underpinnings. I have pursued a number of projects that explore what is seen and posing questions as to what is unseen, importing my interest in the inner life of individuals into the visual arts. I invite the viewer to consider the unconscious and conscious narratives of an image or to go beyond the boundaries of the image to find a wider narrative.
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"The Great Garloo"
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"Clown & Melons"
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Beth Parin
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Being an artist allows me to continue to grow as a person, to explore the world and cultures and experience things that I never thought possible. I feel that being open to different cultures and societal views from around the world has allowed me to see and experience many wonderful things in my life. Traveling has not only taught me about other cultures, but it also taught me more about my own culture and myself. My artwork has a timelessness that allows the viewer to connect to and hopefully experience as well.
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"Feel"
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"Born Never Asked"
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Nathan Pendlebury
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In a world that is progressively more urbanized, photographers like Nathan Pendlebury are increasingly relevant to exploring human interaction with the urban landscape. With an adept eye for composition, Pendlebury skillfully produces images of urbanity, crisp examinations of the forms and activities within the spatial order of steel, concrete, wire, and glass. He also paints highly charged abstract works, inspired by the textures and graffiti found around the city. “My painting, drawing and photography relates to the presence of man within an urban environment, producing associations without being direct in representational or figurative terms.”
Pendlebury studied Fine Art at Warrington Collegiate Institute and Liverpool John Moores University. He often collaborates with his father, painter Tony Pendlebury and they recently exhibited their work together for the first time. Currently he works for the National Museums Liverpool and continues to tirelessly pursue his fine arts career, with frequent solo and group shows around the UK. Pendlebury lives in Liverpool, England.
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"View From a Hotel Window (Edition of 25)"
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"Station (Edition of 25)"
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Yasmin Shirali
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The photography of Yasmin Shirali speaks eloquently without the need for lips. Gothic, deep delights, Yasmin works show her unafraid to dabble in the dark, yet always look toward the light. Themes of broken communication, life, death, the finding of the self, and the depths of the emotional being feature heavily in slickly composed images that provoke the viewer to thoughts that challenge the easy status quo, and the fog of everyday living. Her images arise from the passion of her self taught youth, but there is no roughness in her works to belie her years. Her use of various photo manipulation techniques adds surreal depths that further draw the viewer in.
Once viewed, her images remain emblazoned in the mind. Such is the power of her works, not only do they entertain, but they cause the viewer to muse upon the subject, to feel the emotion of the image. Even subjects without faces cry to the depths of your soul. |
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"How to Get Your Mind Back"
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"Sadness at the Carnival"
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