honorable mention
Rae Bass united statesPhoto © Rae Bass
title
All of Those Birds
"I was holding my heart in the palms of my nervous hand
My heart had 200 broken windows, glass covering the floor
and amazing light in almost every room
My heart was beating like a pillow fight.
Feathers were flying everywhere
I couldn’t stop crying for all those birds
I could not stop crying"
Born and raised down an old dirt road in Pikeville, North Carolina she grew up barefoot and curious. Spending her days lost amongst the hills, the lines in her hands, and the alternate realities she created.
Rae strives to create worlds within her work; whether those worlds are places she longs to be a part of or places she feels trapped within they are all worlds of her own. Located in the sliver of a space between consciousness and limbo; where secrets frolic about freely and the impossible becomes possible.
She invites her audience to jump into her images and become consumed by their detail and dark charm while allowing the viewer to create their own journey through each image.
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entry description
This image is a conceptual representation of the line below from Andrea Gibson's poem Pansies"I was holding my heart in the palms of my nervous hand
My heart had 200 broken windows, glass covering the floor
and amazing light in almost every room
My heart was beating like a pillow fight.
Feathers were flying everywhere
I couldn’t stop crying for all those birds
I could not stop crying"
about the photographer
She barely eats and barely sleeps and with tired eyes and coffee lips is how she moves about the Earth.Born and raised down an old dirt road in Pikeville, North Carolina she grew up barefoot and curious. Spending her days lost amongst the hills, the lines in her hands, and the alternate realities she created.
Rae strives to create worlds within her work; whether those worlds are places she longs to be a part of or places she feels trapped within they are all worlds of her own. Located in the sliver of a space between consciousness and limbo; where secrets frolic about freely and the impossible becomes possible.
She invites her audience to jump into her images and become consumed by their detail and dark charm while allowing the viewer to create their own journey through each image.
back to gallery