Wendy Paton allows herself to disappear in order to let her subjects emerge from the night. “My experience is that people act differently at night. They let their guard down. They become who they really are, or they transform themselves into someone, real or imagined, that they want to be. There are seemingly no restrictions at night. Life seems to become more free flowing as opposed to how people tend to act in the light of day.” For Paton, the night is both solemn and cheerful, open to desire and mystery.
Her nocturnal portraits are both intimate and familiar. Intrigued by the mysterious and ever-changing nature of human personalities and their individual choices of expression, Paton was compelled to use people as her creative communication conduit. She did not plan out the details of this series in advance, she instead allowed the creative process to evolve. Visages De Nuit is a body of work consisting of a series of silver gelatin, black and white candid night images that are intended to provoke compelling and mysterious emotions of uncertainty.
Wendy Paton’s keen interest in photography began in 1981 while in the throws of a successful ground breaking career training and driving standard bred race horses in New York. Since being given a gift of what she describes as her first”real camera” it has been a circuitous route to her current career as a fine art photographer. The camera gave her the tool to document and share her artistic vision of the details of everyday life.
Paton’s work is in private collections both in Europe and the United States. She is the recipient of the 2009 Center National Editor’s Choice Photography Adward (Santa Fe, NM). Selected images have been exhibited in gallery and museum venues nationally.
Wendy Paton is currently working on two projects, both in black and white: Car Portraits is a study of a mixture of abstracts and high contrast details of old classic cars. Keep it Moving is a series of large-scale images depicting Paton’s interpretation of movement.
Women of Power consists of 29 color photographs depicting Polish witches, healers, sorceresses, visionaries, spiritual leaders and shamanic techniques practitioners.
According to what Ewelina Jarosz wrote about Women of Power : "The title points to Katarzyna Majak's intenti...
C’est à une invitation à la sérénité et à un retour sur soi que nous propose Yves Marcellin dans cette exposition inédite, installation photographique consacrée aux cinq remémorations du Bouddha.
Empreint des écrits du vénérable moine bouddhiste Thich Nhat Hanh, et plus particulièrement sensi...
With "The Family of Dog", Michael Ruetz has created, over the last 50 years, a unique body of photographic work. Superficially, these images might appear to pay tribute to the established forms of animal photography. But a second, more focused view shows that the reverse is true. Ruetz' pictures are as far removed from those of the animal specialist...
Failed States is an exploration of coincidence and poetics amid the barriers and bureaucracy of governmental power.
In January 2010, while on a trip to research the history of snipers in Austin, Texas, Magid witnessed a mysterious shooting on the steps of the State Capitol. After attempting to speak with a state empl...
Une Ford Pick-up, une Pan/Shovel 66, une Custom 2004 (Jeffrey), une Triumph 69 (Vince), une El Camino 64, une Bel Air 65 (peinte par Vince), une Duo Glide 62, une Comet (qui appartenait à Steve Mc Queen), une Special Construction 2000 (toutes, OM), une Harley 1969, une Dyna 2003 (Wes),une Pan 59, une Pan 62, une Pan 65 (John Copeland), une Sportster 68 (Dr...
Le conte photographique l’Emouvantail, se veut être « l’Echo » d’une histoire d’amour entre un épouvantail etune jeune femme, la Dame de l’O qui pourrait être celle de chacun d’entre nous… Mais pas seulement…
Créée par le Musée de l’Elysée à Lausanne, l’exposition Hans Steiner Chronique de la vie moderne a été présentée à la Fotostiftung de Winterthour, à la Médiathèque Valais-Martigny et au Museo Villa dei Cedri de Bellinzona.
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