Exposure 2020 EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHER of the year: Colleen Rauscher

Contemporary Calgary, June 17 - July 18

Contemporary Calgary members and visitors are welcome to see the shows Thursdays – Saturdays 12PM - 7PM, and Sundays 12PM - 5PM. Mandatory mask policy will remain but no advance booking is necessary.Colleen Rauscher, is the recipient of the 2020 Emerging Photographer of the Year Award selected by Joanne Marion, Director/Curator of Exhibitions and Collections at Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre. Exposure presents work by Rauscher in a solo exhibition. 

“My work focuses on structure and pattern and incorporates the element of chance. I work to capture a unique and unfamiliar perspective on the world around me. Through experimentation and instinct, I coax objects and patterns to emerge from the intersection and overlap of lines and light. I seek to shift perceptions about objects, images or materials in an unexpected way in order to challenge the viewer.   

I collage images, memories and fragments inside the camera, directly onto the physical film. I consistently shoot two exposures on the same frame of film, in the same location, often from different angles and orientations. The resulting double exposures represent fleeting memories that overlap and tangle, elusive images of the past and dreamlike recollections. Perceptions of place and time are altered, fluid, and inconsistent, just like our own memories of past events and places, and how we think we remember things. I leave the viewer with a suggestion of isolation, of atmospheric and ambiguous surroundings denying the initial impulse to ‘read’ the image.”- Colleen Rauscher

2020 Emerging photographer of the yeaR

Each year one artist who has exhibited in the Exposure Emerging Photographers Showcase is selected by the juror to win the Emerging Photographer of the Year Award. The recipient of this prestigious award is given the opportunity to present a solo show at the following year’s Exposure Photography Festival. The award provides the emerging artist with a platform to show their work while furthering their professional practice and developing their career within photography. Exposure mentors and supports the artist in creating their vision in the best possible way. Our 2020 juror, Joanne Marion, the Director and Curator of Exhibitions and Collections of Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre, selected Colleen Rauscher as the 2020 Emerging Photographer of the Year. Exposure is delighted to present her first solo show.

Access: Location is wheelchair accessible. 

For more information on our exhibiting artist please see the Online Exposure 2020 Emerging Photographer of the Year: Colleen Rauscher Exhibition.

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