Bonnie's award-winning photography has been featured in the World of Water exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium, Open Walls at Black Box Gallery in Portland, Oregon, The Artists Lounge at Queens Pride House in Jackson Heights, New York, @Phonography: Dialogue in the Wireless Age, at 3 Ring Circus in New Orleans, Louisiana, The Local Compilation Show at Imagine Gallery Lounge, in Rome, Georgia, and Wholly Georgia: A Look at the Effects of Southern Religious Culture, sponsored by the Art History League and Georgia State University, at Mint Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia. Her work is currently on display at the Rochester Contemporary Arts Center in Rochester, New York.
Artist's Statement
Photography stirs emotion. Pictures are more powerful than words. When we look at a photograph, we focus on what we see, think or feel, and ... we may even ask, "why?" My images are a reflection of the world around me. My camera captures images of curiosity, self-expression, relationships, chances, beginnings, and most important--images that tell stories.
My choice of subject comes from a place of intuition, and is fuelled by an impetuous desire to partake in the stories that unfold around me. I seek the unknown. I look for the light within the shadows, the stories that are not at first obvious, and the uncommon in the common.
I photograph architecture and landscapes, attempting to illustrate abstract, evocative scenery as a motif to epitomize the idea of imagined space, a reminder that what I create through the viewfinder is only real to me.
I photograph people in their environments, because I am curious of what lies behind their eyes, where they have been, and where they hope to go.
I am fascinated by the power and seduction of food. Culinary artists - chefs - emphasize color, texture, shape and volume, as it is creatively presented. My images communicate the power of food's seduction, allowing for meditation on the photographic medium itself.
I am inspired to compose by the contrast of light and dark, while I use the changing light of day to arouse the mood of my dreams. I find myself interested in the results of immersing myself in the story, and recording my own reactions and actions to my world. The photographs come from that immersion.
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