Katy Grannan - Tim, 1982

Katy Grannan

Mystic Lake

09/09/2005

04/11/2005

Gallery FIFTY ONE

Fifty One Fine Art Photography is pleased to present the exhibition of new work by Katy Grannan. Like the previous series, Mystic Lake features portraits of ordinary people exposing themselves, physically and psychologically, in public settings. All of the subjects were unknown to Grannan and some are respondents to ads the artist placed in local newspapers. Grannan empowers them to suggest poses, locations, and states of undress. Each project explores the desire to be immortalized in a still image and Grannan does this in a rich and complex way, she photographs a wide variety of portrait sitters with frankness, while also maintaining their mystery.

 

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Katy Grannan - Carolyn, 1982
Katy Grannan - Carolyn, 1982
Katy Grannan - Roberta, 1981
Katy Grannan - Roberta, 1981