honorable mention
Sue Bailey united states
title
Oregon
This series expresses my mixed feelings about my childhood. I joke that you can tell from this series that I didn’t have a very happy childhood. However, it all happened within the incredible beauty of the Oregon coastline. So I express the mixed feelings of pain and beauty and the smashup of both within these photographic images. This series and so much of my work convey the complexity I feel about my origins and the world – that the light and dark coexist, but in the end they can live together harmoniously and create beauty together.
Book published (unrelated to art): "Grave Expectations: Planning the End Like There's No Tomorrow"
Vice President at HBO in Creative Services, left in 2008. Numerous Industry On Air Promotion Awards both as a Writer/Producer and Creative Director/VP
Continuing study of photography at the ICP, The International Center of Photography, NYC.
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entry description
I began this series as I awoke from a dream. It was early in the morning, at the end of night. My sister and I had driven to the coast of Oregon, where we grew up, though we didn’t know exactly where the hotel was that we got for the night. Oddly, it turned out to be the town I think of as my hometown, Reedsport. I ran out to shoot in the fog and thus began my series, “Oregon”.This series expresses my mixed feelings about my childhood. I joke that you can tell from this series that I didn’t have a very happy childhood. However, it all happened within the incredible beauty of the Oregon coastline. So I express the mixed feelings of pain and beauty and the smashup of both within these photographic images. This series and so much of my work convey the complexity I feel about my origins and the world – that the light and dark coexist, but in the end they can live together harmoniously and create beauty together.
about the photographer
Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cooper Union School of Art, NYCBook published (unrelated to art): "Grave Expectations: Planning the End Like There's No Tomorrow"
Vice President at HBO in Creative Services, left in 2008. Numerous Industry On Air Promotion Awards both as a Writer/Producer and Creative Director/VP
Continuing study of photography at the ICP, The International Center of Photography, NYC.
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