Kelly Wrage

Going through the archives and putting together the website--finally. I'm uploading a few images here first to get a feel for what I want on the site. This group of images represents a series I've been shooting since 2007. It's the zen project I turn to when the highly controlled work becomes too much. Funny that it's supposed to be a zen project because it's actually been fraught with all types of hazards. Many of the images have been posted here before, but this is the first time they're being posted together as a full group. The first ones up are here for the first time, and there are new ones on the way. An explanation and rough draft for an artist statement follow the images. Summer-Fall 2007 Senior Year, 2009-2010 This is a rough (very) draft from Dec '09 for an artist statement for this body of work. It was cobbled together from a couple of random thoughts and comments copy/pasted from emails sent to my sister Erin, also a photographer, with whom I’d ...

Just a couple of paintings that date back to '05 or '06. They were rushed (as usual) and so, aren't finished. They were fun to paint though, and it made me smile when I came across them.

Well, the folks at the Impossible Project stated that the white speck problem had been addressed, but I'm afraid those specks are still present and in great numbers. Bummer. I had high hopes for this stuff, but perhaps they'll pull it together sometime soon.

This year I was asked by the photography faculty at the University of the Arts (now my alma mater) to participate in the 2010 FotoFestiwal International Festival of Photography in Lodz, Poland. Fellow student, Lou Caltabiano, was asked to participate as well with his Shower series. Judging by the images I've seen online, it was a great event, and I really wish I could have been there. I've seen some amazing images of the work that was hung (is still hanging??) there. Phillip Toledano was also present with an exhibit of his series Days With My Father , a wonderful series I've admired since I first heard about it several months ago. I've posted the images of mine that were in the Factory of Photography portion of the festival. They have appeared on this blog at an earlier time, and since I'm still working on the series, there will be more to come. I'll post some links here...... Link to my images on the fotofestiwal site: http://fotofestiwal.com/2010/kelly-wrage/...

This is not even a working title. I honestly don't have one yet. This series seems to morph a bit depending on what is going on in my life while I'm working on it. I started the project a few years ago but took a break from it for a while. I resumed shooting for it last November or thereabouts. I have written a couple of statements for it, but that changes as well. I'll dig up the most recent one and post it if anyone is interested. It's pretty close, I think, but still needs some updating because I've found some more correlations in regard to its connections to me personally. These images need further editing for actual showing, and I'm working on that now. I have several new ones which need to be scanned and edited, and I'll be adding those to the group soon.