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31 Women in Art Photography: Ann Woo Limited Edition Print
Cave, 2007, from Portraits, Landscapes, Still Lives
C-print, 8 x 10 in., Special edition of 20 | $250 | Purchase
Statement
My photographic practice is grounded in an obsession to capture “reality.” I use standard documentary methods to photograph and analog methods to print, all the while working to eliminate judgment, imposed ideas, and preconceived meanings. Clearly, that is all rather naïve – can photographs ever present “truth?” Or can they only represent what is “remembered” as “truth?”
In Portraits, Landscapes, Still Lives, images from different genres – some lilies and a person, a sunset and a stonewall are presented as a group with no order of importance. These photographs reflect nothing about the subject’s except for their outlooks. Perhaps my photographs are the results of an enjoyment in seeing – a pure fascination of light and color; a wondering between perfection and imperfection; a frustration in loss of memory; an appreciation of idea and beauty and a questioning of representation in the photographic process.