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A series of images from The Ephemeral Qualities of Being series as featured in PLATEFORMAG.COM.

The Ephemeral Qualities of Being :: interview

1 What was the context of this series ?
the images in this series explore the essence of being, the ephemeral qualities of movement within a space. the traces of self left behind. the series is a study of the human form in movement, dancers, as ghost-like beings, momentarily present in a space and then gone. through these images i attempt to capture the traces one leaves behind, the essences of self, recorded in pure light and color. fleeting glances, a mere suggestion of those who have passed through the frame. i am chasing the ephemeral qualities of being.

2 The blur, the movement, the light, how did you work on it ?
simply put, i use photography in its purest form - recording light over time - to explore and experiment and attempt to unravel the world that i feel. i use the camera in a way that allows me to see what our eyes cannot see, to document what we do not understand. i use a technique that overlaps several mediums, which i hope, will encourage the viewer to look and to feel, and to see beyond the image and into the essence of the photograph itself.

photography can be used to document a moment in time, in these images i prefer to experiment with time itself and to explore how time interacts with light and movement. it is this notion of time as a medium that intrigues me and inspires me to create works that play with the concept of stopping time, stretching it, and distorting it.
my photography is merely a suggestion, to stimulate the viewer and inspire a connection, and hopefully, a deeper understanding of the emotions captured in each photograph.

What does dance represent for you ?
i find dance, to be like photography: a creative response. whereby a photographer might use light and color to paint a photograph, dancers use their bodies to become the music. bringing the two mediums together excites me as a photographer, i long to capture the essence of the music itself, the visual representation of a musical score. in this series i am experimenting with exposure and motion to intimately capture the dancers as they become light, become color, become time. i am trying to connect, through photography, to create an intimate understanding, a visual flow of the music itself. a painting of their essence into a visual score.

The Ephemeral Qualities of Being



joint exhibition :: 13.02.09
shine gallery :: leeds, uk

Shari's work explores the ephemeral qualities of being. She captures the traces of light and color left behind, momentarily, as one moves through a space, and then is gone.

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