honorable mention
Carole Barron united states
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"Pipe Love" is a detail of a rusted drainpipe down near some railroad tracks near Everett, WA. I had to climb over a fense, and down a steep hill to get to it.
"Who said truck rear ends are ugly" is a detail from the back of a semi tracker trailer truck parked in an industrial property south of downtown SEattle.
"A tire, greese, oil, insulation...." is a detail in a salvage yard in the industrial area of Everett WA. It was just laying there in a pile.
"The Letter L" is a detail from an old building in Seattle in the neighborhood of Ballard. The L is what is left of the name of the building. The cracked paint intrigued me. It looks like egg shells.
None of these photographs are photoshopped. I use an Olympus digital camera, take many shots, and bring them back to my computer to crop and change contrast if the picture is too dark or too light. I don't change colors or do more than tweek the contrast.
I find no shortage of subject matter. Abstractions are everywhere and I love doing this because these are usually details that no one else notices. They are beautiful in their own right. Many are accidents or decaying structures, or rusted, damaged and items that have been disposed.
I was born in New York, and lived in the Mid West before moving to Seattle in 1976. I received my art education at Indiana University and the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis in the 1970’s.
Through the 1980’s I was primarily an abstract water colorist. I received one honorable mention for a watercolor painting in a juried exhibition.
In 1993, Lisa Harris gave me a first place award in the annual Eastside Art Association juried competition for “Mind Images”. This was my venture into the world of the cartoon images as art. I was doing some abstract industrial photography and continued painting.
In 2008, my love of abstraction led me to concentrate on abstract photography. I have been working hard to develop a large variety of images that come from just about anywhere. Driving down a street, any street,I can find images which inspire me. They are not purely industrial but I am particularly interested in the old, broken and damaged in any setting.
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"I pledge my loyalty" is a detail of a metal storage building in the industrial area of Seattle. It appeared that a poster might have been ripped off the wall and there was some sort of mesh an orange tape that was stuck on the surface."Pipe Love" is a detail of a rusted drainpipe down near some railroad tracks near Everett, WA. I had to climb over a fense, and down a steep hill to get to it.
"Who said truck rear ends are ugly" is a detail from the back of a semi tracker trailer truck parked in an industrial property south of downtown SEattle.
"A tire, greese, oil, insulation...." is a detail in a salvage yard in the industrial area of Everett WA. It was just laying there in a pile.
"The Letter L" is a detail from an old building in Seattle in the neighborhood of Ballard. The L is what is left of the name of the building. The cracked paint intrigued me. It looks like egg shells.
None of these photographs are photoshopped. I use an Olympus digital camera, take many shots, and bring them back to my computer to crop and change contrast if the picture is too dark or too light. I don't change colors or do more than tweek the contrast.
I find no shortage of subject matter. Abstractions are everywhere and I love doing this because these are usually details that no one else notices. They are beautiful in their own right. Many are accidents or decaying structures, or rusted, damaged and items that have been disposed.
about the photographer
Carole Barron Artist’s BiographyI was born in New York, and lived in the Mid West before moving to Seattle in 1976. I received my art education at Indiana University and the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis in the 1970’s.
Through the 1980’s I was primarily an abstract water colorist. I received one honorable mention for a watercolor painting in a juried exhibition.
In 1993, Lisa Harris gave me a first place award in the annual Eastside Art Association juried competition for “Mind Images”. This was my venture into the world of the cartoon images as art. I was doing some abstract industrial photography and continued painting.
In 2008, my love of abstraction led me to concentrate on abstract photography. I have been working hard to develop a large variety of images that come from just about anywhere. Driving down a street, any street,I can find images which inspire me. They are not purely industrial but I am particularly interested in the old, broken and damaged in any setting.
back to gallery