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Indepth Arts News: "Redeeming Values: Alternative Speed Graphic Photography by Teresa Saska" 2004-09-01 until 2004-09-28 Midwest Photo Exchange, MPX Gallery Columbus, OH, USA United States of America
Artist's statement.
When I need a diversion from stress and routine,
photography not only gives me that but it helps me
appreciate pieces of the world I would not otherwise
notice. This show of alternative speed graphic images
is about a process that, for me, brings out something
ethereal in my subjects and suggests a memory from a
distant time and place. Setting up the Speed Graphic
is a ritual I find soothing, and the act of composing
an image on the ground glass turns my attention to the
beauty of complexity and paradox. The work can be
painstaking but it frees me from expectation. Itís an
experiment in fun. Working with paper instead of
film provides an element of childlike play. The
alternative lenses and chemical manipulation of the
paper add steps which demand more attention to detail.
The unpredictable results are often a pleasant
surprise. I find redemption in this sequence of
putting all my heart into the rigorous technical
details, then surrendering the results to fate.
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