»Snowbound delivers what one hopes to see (but is harder to find these days) in an emerging photographer – knowledge of her medium, a rich and varied inner life, fearlessness in vision, and an in-depth study of her chosen subject so that something can be revealed.« Carol McCusker
Five winters long, the young American photographer Lisa M. Robinson took pictures in the snow. Snowbound shows landscapes in which everyday objects – alienated and sunken in snow – »civilize« the natural surroundings. Traces of human existence set accents in the white landscape, delimiting it and often popping up in an amusing or incongruous way. A lonely hammock, a trampoline or a swimming pool are both echoes of the summer past and of personal memories. But Lisa M. Robinson is not interested in showing the obvious; instead, the photographer makes use of the many aggregate states of water – ice, snow, fog, water – as metaphors for life and transience.
The photographer was artist in residence at Light Work, Syracuse, N.Y. in 2006, »Curators Choice« at the Houston Center of Photography Membership Exhibition and among the Top 50 Photographers chosen by Critical Mass (Photolucida). Lisa M. Robinsons picture cycle Snowbound was presented in 2006 at several institutions in the USA and Europe.
Recent and current exhibitions:
Sept.8 - Okt.13,2007: Silverstein Photography, NYC
September 2007: Museo Tambo Quirquincho, La Paz, Bolivia
January 3 - February 29, 2008 KLOMPCHING Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
January 9 - February 1, 2008 Indiana State University Art Gallery, Terre Haute, Indiana
Jauary 18 – February 27, 2008, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, Washington
February 8 – March 16, 2008, Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt, Germany
Authors: Mark Strand
Artists: Lisa M. Robinson
Hardcover
30 x 25 cm
112 pages
50 color ills.
English
available
ISBN 978-3-939583-50-9
44 Euro
2007
