An exhibition of unique photographs by Sarah Hood Salomon, in which the manipulation of the camera while the shutter is open transforms light in “brush strokes,” will be next on view in the H. Pelham Curtis gallery of the New Canaan Library. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, the exhibit, “Unopened Drawers,” will open with a reception for the artist on Sunday, November 3, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend the reception and meet the artist.
Maryland artist Sarah Hood Salomon created these images over a three-year period, primarily in the area’s forests and park lands. Through her technique of moving the camera, she blurs the lines between objects to abstract and reveal more of their essence, reducing them to colors, shapes, and lines. The result is to show the scene, not in the instant of time when a camera shutter clicks, but as a confluence of several moments representing “the juncture of several slivers of time in a single image.”
Sarah Hood Salomon is a resident of Bethesda, Maryland. Her work has garnered several first place and “best in show” awards in photography exhibits around the country. She is a volunteer at the U. S Botanic Garden, and is the curator of the upcoming exhibit, “This Land is Your Land,” opening in 2014.
The exhibit is on view at New Canaan Library through December 8.
