Artist Statement
My photographic work focuses on fictional narrative. I create art that visualizes curious scenarios in order to convey a message or feeling. I utilize a range of hand-applied photographic emulsions in order to visualize the distance between fantasy and reality, as well as to make prints that appear as objects instead of windows. The photographic processes I use are chosen intentionally to evoke another place or time that is removed from the every day, adding layers of narrative meaning through historical references or material qualities.
Process Statement
The manipulation of photographic processes plays a distinctive role in my work. I use alternative photographic emulsions to explore experiential methods of image-making. For each project, I carefully consider what the photographic process will add or reveal in the images. I incorporate digital manipulation in my work in order to expand the narrative possibilities. Digital collage allows me to create scenes that would be impossible to capture in reality.
Emma Powell is an assistant professor of art at Colorado College. Powell graduated from the College of Wooster, and received her MFA in photography from Rochester Institute of Technology. Her work often examines photography's history while incorporating historic processes and other devices within the imagery.
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