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Artist Statement:
"Photography is a way of
perceiving where the world
becomes your toy. With a
camera,
one becomes a witness to the
world; slightly removed from
the interactions, and more
part
of the environment. With
still pictures one is able to
capture a copy of a moment in
time,
and as the shutter clicks back
into place a small wall falls
that closes off time and the
moment changes. Through an
open shutter, photographers
can explore the world by
making choices about what goes
in the frame, and how the
world will look in the final
picture based on lighting,
color, etc. People, spaces,
and the environment become
concepts, theories that can be
used as tools when
constructing a thesis.
Indeed, art can
tell a story or make an
explanation. My art explores
concepts of relationships and
interactions with space in the
environments that I visit....
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Alice Marsh Elmer Biography:
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Single
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Photography Other
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Contemporary Art - (Now)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Mona Kuhn
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| Favorite Work of Art |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Alice Marsh-Elmer has created bodies of work using both digital and traditional photographic methods since
2002. Having earned a BA from the University of Redlands with an emphasis in Visual Culture - Alice
demonstrates a highly-individualized style in creating works that explore unique landscapes in various contexts,
including urban spaces and the human body.
In recent years, Alice has investigated urban environments both in her local Los Angeles region and abroad,
having produced work on themes such as the impact of communism in contemporary Prague, and youth culture
in Les Halles (the metropolitan center of Paris). She has traveled and photographed extensively, including visits
to Italy, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, Belize, and Guatemala.
Alice’s issues of interest include interactions with space in urban environments, and changes affected by the
development of technology and mass-production. Alice explores urban landscape with an eye for the ignored,
abandoned, and tarnished, searching for the items and peoples that collect in these liminal environments.
These areas just outside of major metropolitan districts have an atmosphere of being in-between, somehow both
quaint and busy, and in these areas a photographer can freely collect forms, shapes, and textures while
exploring environments rarely given any attention. Alice’s attention to the obscure found in these landscapes
allows them to transcend traditional photography, and the photos become a dreamscape with qualities that
evoke reminiscent memories and nostalgia.
In addition to the explorations of the contemporary urban landscape, Alice has explored topics of identity and
body, largely using alternative photographic processes to create intimate profiles and studies. Alice approaches
portrait photography with many of the same tools, and is intrigued by deconstructing the human body into forms,
shapes, and textures. Her portraits also have a dreamlike quality which interacts lightly with the viewer. With a
camera, Alice becomes a witness to the body; slightly removed from the interactions with her subject, she is part
of the environment in which the subject exists. With still pictures one is able to capture a copy of a moment in
time, and as the shutter clicks back into place a small wall falls that closes off time and the moment changes.
Through her open shutter, Alice explores the world, constantly renegotiating choices about what occurs inside
of the frame and how her world will appear in the final picture. People, spaces, and the environment become
concepts, and/or theories that can be used as tools when constructing a thesis.
“The intimate portraits showcased in my most recent portfolio are Polaroid images taken with plastic cameras.
This was an experiment in patience and studying the human body. The basic cameras and the nature of
Polaroid film made control of the work limited, and this exploration grew organically with each pose. Each
Polaroid was shot with a wide aperture and a shutter of 5 seconds; the results are saturated, luminescent studies
of bodies, male and female, and intimate portraits that question the relationship between the photographer and
the photographed.”
Currently residing in the Los Angeles area, Alice is actively exhibiting as she continues to develop a unique
approach to creating imagery that operates to influence perception, challenging the eye to see more than what
is before it. Her work reflects on the world in ways that evoke personal insight, questioning the evocative and the
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