Three Photographs by Leah Oates
TRANSITORY NOVA SCOTIA SKY COLORSCAPE
NOVA SCOTIA COLORSCAPE
NOVA SCOTIA COLORFIELD PORTAL-146
A NOTE FROM THE ARTIST
Photography is directly connected to time, as the camera shoots in fractions of a second, and every moment captured on film is over as soon as the shutter clicks, recording the ephemeral. But time is layered, always slipping and fracturing from the present, past and future. We are always living in many realities at once. In my photographic work, I make multiple exposures on specific frames in camera, allowing me to display a more complete correlation of the visual and emotional cacophony of human experience.
These images are from my series, Transitory Space. The series deals with urban and natural locations that are transforming due to the passage of time, altered natural conditions, and a continual human imprint. They are temporary monuments to the ephemeral nature of existence. Transitory spaces have a messy human energy that is perpetually in the present yet continually altering. They are endlessly interesting, alive places where there is movement, beauty, and fragility.
Leah Oates holds a BFA from RISD and an MFA from SAIC Chicago, and earned a Fulbright Fellowship at Edinburgh College of Art. In addition to solo shows at Susan Eley Fine Art, The Brooklyn Library, and MTA Arts, Leah has been in group shows at Edward Hopper House, Pen and Brush, and Wave Hill.