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Light and Shadows @ Barcelona

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Laurie says:

I have 2 Pandemic Shadow photos in this Exhibition.

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Creating unique effects with light and shadows captured by a camera is, according to many, one of the most intriguing means of photographic expression. Photographers have relied on the possibilities offered by the creative use of light and shadows throughout the history of photography. In some cases, light and shadows are used to create a formal compositional element; in others, their role is to guide our gaze or focus our attention on specific parts of the image. Some images that rely on the interplay between light and shadow are dark-toned, while others present brightly lit scenes. The ways in which light and shadows contribute to photographic meaning depend solely on the imagination of the photographer. Zsolt Batori

This PH21 Gallery exhibition will be presented in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in collaboration with Valid World Hall Gallery, a renowned centre for the visual arts.

I am delighted to be part of it. To see the whole exhibition go here.

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Pandemic Shadows in Feminine Moments

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Laurie says:

Birthe Havemoeller has published the internet magazine Feminist Moments for about 20 years from Denmark. She just published “New Works by Laurie Toby Edison” featuring four photographs from Pandemic Shadows. I am still finding interesting shadows occasionally, for a project I thought was finished.

She is also a superb photographer and I wrote about her here.

Below are the photographs and the text I wrote for Birthe. I strongly recommend looking at the rest of the magazine as well – it’s remarkable.

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Autumn leaves and shadows (Pandemic Shadows 112)
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I walk & live in the shadow of the pandemic while photographing Pandemic Shadows everywhere. I make beauty in hard times. I started this in the lockdown and continued until very recently. It’s just about finished now. I’ve been a photographer since my late 40s. My latest project started in the lockdown looking for things to photograph. It’s my first project that didn’t involve model cooperation. It’s been very revelatory as a photographic experience.

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Leaves and branches (Pandemic Shadows 116)
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My books of photographs are “Women En Large: Images of Fat Nudes” and “Familiar Men: A Book of Nudes” (all edited by Debbie Notkin). My photographs have been exhibited in many cities, including New York, Tokyo, Kyoto, Toronto, Boston, London, Shanghai, Seoul and San Francisco. My solo exhibition “Meditations on the Body” at the National Museum of Art in Osaka featured 100 photographs from all three of my photographic suites. My latest completed project is “Women of Japan“, clothed portraits of women from many cultures and backgrounds.

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Berkeley flowers and leaves (Pandemic Shadows 126)
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I most recently had Pandemic Shadows photos exhibited in ‘Light & Shadow,’ at the Valid World Hall Gallery in Barcelona. Photographs from other projects in their permanent collection were featured in “Crossing Borders,” the inaugural show of Gallery Terra-S at Kyoto Seika University.

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Sidewalk lines (Pandemic Shadows 115)
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I’m an activist on body image and other social justice issues. I blog with Debbie Notkin at Body Impolitic http://laurietobyedison.com/body-impolitic-blog/, talking about body image, photography, art and related issues.

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