Chicago, IL
Top: Phragmoceras & Pseudocrinites, Silurian Period, 400-440 mya, 2005
Bottom: Crinoids, Mississippian Period, 310-350 mya, 2005
Contemporary ambrotype (silver gelatin emulsion on black glass)
Image size: 23 x 9 inches
$2,800 each framed
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www.alisoncarey.com
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“Organic Remains of a Former World” is a series of photographs depicting ancient marine environments from each of the seven periods in the Paleozoic era. Extinct vertebrates and invertebrates are brought back to life, coexisting in these underwater dioramas. When creating images of these water worlds, I use scientific data to inform my ideas. Illustrations of fossils guide me while building the flora and fauna for each scene.
The idea for this series developed through my ongoing interest in geology and the way landscapes change over time. As a photographer, I think about the abundance of landscape imagery and wonder, what terrain is left to explore? Do any uncharted territories remain?
In my search for a location that has not been photographed, I look to the Earth’s ancient past, a world that existed millions of years ago. I am drawn to this space because it is absent from human recollection and experience. Through my photographs, I offer the viewer a glimpse into a primitive landscape that has since been eroded or erased. Photography is making the invisible past visible, giving the illusion that we are witnesses to a scene that vanished long before humans arrived on this planet.Artist Biography
Alison Carey works and lives in Chicago, IL. Alison was a Roswell Artist-in-Residence Fellow during 2005-2006 and a past Junior Artist-in-Residence at the Oregon College of Art & Craft, 2007. Recent solo exhibitions include the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science and Peer Gallery in NYC.
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