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Artist Exhibitions:
Upcoming Show:
LAMENT - A new series of black
and white photography by KC
Wilkerson
July 5 - August 2, 2008
Night Gallery
201 N. Main Street
Santa Ana, CA 92701
714.973.8477
Opening reception during the
monthly Santa Ana Art Walk -
Saturday, July 5 at 7pm with
the artist in ...
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Artist Galleries:
Night Gallery
201 N. Main St
Santa Ana, CA 92701
714.973.8477
Beginning July 5, 2008...
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Artist Reviews:
Coming Soon!
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Collections:
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Commissions:
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Artist Statement for Kc Wilkerson
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Years ago, I picked up a second-hand camera in a pawnshop outside Orlando, Florida. I was lucky enough to be heading out to Europe for six months and needed a camera quickly. Upon landing in Paris, I started taking pictures and haven't stopped since.
I have a strong background not only in art, but in theatrical lighting design, which I believe significantly informs my work. I'm drawn, repeatedly, to three aspects of photography - composition, light, and contrast. Any one of the three can inspire; finding all three together can be thrilling. Spending time relating to the subject of the photograph in order to compose the piece is the most intimate part of the process for me. Light, in particular, plays a great part in my work: often stronger from the side and back of the subject, rather than the front. And of course, light and shadow together often provide extreme contrast, which defines many of my pieces.
My curiosity about the “big questions” of life and death has manifested itself into a lifelong fascination with how we grieve those who have left us and how we honor our ancestors. This took root early in my youth, when I would spend many hours playing with my cousin Tracy in a cemetery across the street from my grandmother’s house. I realize cemeteries can be places of overwhelming sadness for some people, but that was not the case with me. My time in the cemetery led me to discover the feelings of solitude and peace. I suppose that’s why I’m still drawn to them.
Since that first trip to Europe, I have had the opportunity to return there as well as numerous cities in the United States. Whenever I travel, I seek out not only cemeteries and churches, but other interesting architecture and structures which contain our collective histories.
I recently made the transition to digital but for a very long time I shot black and white film, with Canon gear as well as my old Fuji (still my favorite and the one that produced many of the photographs on this site).
Thank you for visiting. Feel free to explore, roam, and wander; and be sure to visit my home site (www.kcwgallery.com) to see more work and to get information about upcoming exhibits. I show throughout Southern California and would love to see you at one of my shows.
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