Friday, August 1, 2008
Baltimore Smoke Stack
Baltimore Smoke Stack
On the edge of 395 -picture was documented
The following consist of
Color Film print
2 1/4 camera
24 inches
2 1/4 camera
24 inches
Spring 2006
Printed February 2006
Copyright Kelly Ryan
Copyright Kelly Ryan
4 am in Brooklyn
4 am in Brooklyn
The following consist of
Color Film prints
2 1/4 and 35 mm
11 inches by 14 inches
August 2005
Copyright Kelly Ryan
Color Film prints
2 1/4 and 35 mm
11 inches by 14 inches
August 2005
Copyright Kelly Ryan
The Uncommonly Scene
Uncommonly Scene
Living in Baltimore, I have learned to find the beauty in the ordinary. While the notion of exploration suggests visiting distant lands, I questioned how one could make discoveries in this city? I found that sitting on a roof had its advantages in a different viewpoint and opened the mysterious world uncommonly seen. In the spaces, I find I discover the evidence that another person was there. A name written on a wall leaves the mark of an individual hand. I like to use scale to monumentalize the subjects so one has to concede their grandeur simply on the basis of size.
Using color film and heightening saturation of color intensifies the sense of seeming reality. Viewing the resulting prints reveals new discoveries about how color film reacts to the mixture of natural and artificial light. In hopes, these photographs are atmospheric, mysterious and theatrical. Instead of merely representing a place, my work creates a sense of place.
Living in Baltimore, I have learned to find the beauty in the ordinary. While the notion of exploration suggests visiting distant lands, I questioned how one could make discoveries in this city? I found that sitting on a roof had its advantages in a different viewpoint and opened the mysterious world uncommonly seen. In the spaces, I find I discover the evidence that another person was there. A name written on a wall leaves the mark of an individual hand. I like to use scale to monumentalize the subjects so one has to concede their grandeur simply on the basis of size.
Using color film and heightening saturation of color intensifies the sense of seeming reality. Viewing the resulting prints reveals new discoveries about how color film reacts to the mixture of natural and artificial light. In hopes, these photographs are atmospheric, mysterious and theatrical. Instead of merely representing a place, my work creates a sense of place.
- Kelly Ryan
The following consist of
Color Film prints
taken with Nikon D70 and 2 1/4 film
11 inches by 14 inches
April 2006
Copyright Kelly Ryan
Color Film prints
taken with Nikon D70 and 2 1/4 film
11 inches by 14 inches
April 2006
Copyright Kelly Ryan
Dali's 45th Secret
“…The aesthetic virtues of… the sea urchin, in which all the magic splendors and virtues of pentagonal geometry are found resolved, a creature weighted with royal gravity and which does not even need a crown for, being a drop held in perfect balance by the surface tension of its liquid, it is world, cupola and crown at one and the same time, hence universe!”
Salvador Dali from his 1948 ‘50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship’
Salvador Dali from his 1948 ‘50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship’
The following consist of
Black and White prints
Black and White prints
taken with 8x10 camera format
11 inches by 14 inches
March 2006
Copyright Kelly Ryan
11 inches by 14 inches
March 2006
Copyright Kelly Ryan
Palladium Prints
Aristotle’s Lanterns
“…The aesthetic virtues of… the sea urchin, in which all the magic splendors and virtues of pentagonal geometry are found resolved, a creature weighted with royal gravity and which does not even need a crown for, being a drop held in perfect balance by the surface tension of its liquid, it is world, cupola and crown at one and the same time, hence universe!”
“…The aesthetic virtues of… the sea urchin, in which all the magic splendors and virtues of pentagonal geometry are found resolved, a creature weighted with royal gravity and which does not even need a crown for, being a drop held in perfect balance by the surface tension of its liquid, it is world, cupola and crown at one and the same time, hence universe!”
The following consist of
Palladium and Platnium prints
Printed on Benfang paper
5 inches by 4 inches
April 2006 Copyright Kelly Ryan
Palladium and Platnium prints
Printed on Benfang paper
5 inches by 4 inches
April 2006 Copyright Kelly Ryan
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