amelia marguarite stier

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My body of work is, most simply, a reflection of my will to look patiently at the moments surrounding me, and the hope to catch one worth mentioning. I strive to obtain the unimagined and unanticipated scene: photographing bits of my life that, no matter how small or unassuming, suddenly seem significant. The moments captured are often signified by objects, – or the objectification of items within a personally notable moment – thus transferring the importance or nostalgia of the greater scene into what would otherwise be an insignificant item.

The majority of my work appear as still-lives, – whether arranged or untouched by me – intended to bridge of the gap between the forced, created scene and the found image: each of the items are ones actively – or inactively – present in my surroundings, often unacknowledged as potential for taking a second glance.

While my subject matter is restless, — common themes include aged buildings, a sense of being worn down or dirtied, or perhaps sexual, in an uncertain way — and I strive to keep an akin aesthetic amongst my work, unifying many of the images with rough, heavy shadows. All the aesthetic arrangements were done in the camera, which honors the significance of the moment or item, as well as the authenticity of working with historical photographic methods. However, the aesthetic that I bring to an image within the darkroom is only a reflection of the aesthetic potential within the scenes I find and capture within the camera.