2021 Faculty Art Exhibition - Karen Emmett
KAREN EMMETT
Cliff Walk, Newport, RI, 2019
Archival Inkjet Print
16 x 16 inches
Brenton Point, Newport, RI, 2019
Archival Inkjet Print
16 x 16 inches
The Drive #3, Newport, RI, 2019
Archival Inkjet Print
16 x 16 inches
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, a place to play and pray… nature may heal
and give strength to the body and soul.”
- John Muir
The landscape is a holder of memories. I created these images using a Hasselblad with black and white negative film. The negatives are scanned, and archival digital prints are produced. Long exposures during fog, morning or evening light, seeing what the eye cannot, generate a new experience of place. These are places to rest, breathe, contemplate, regenerate within and heal the soul. The images of Ocean Drive in Newport RI are part of the Coastal Landscape Series. Ocean drive runs approximately 10 miles along the southern shore of Newport RI overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. This was a favorite spot of the wealthy summer residents of the mansions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and a favorite spot of mine and my mother. Mother passed away in June 2019, I had to go to The Drive and make these images as this is my holder of memories and place of healing.
Karen Emmett is from Massachusetts and now resides in Long Beach, California. Emmett received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts in 1992 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from California State University Fullerton in 1997. Emmett was a participant at Maine Photographic Workshop with George Tice, master black and white printer and has exhibited at various venues including MOLA Artful Healing exhibition. In addition to making art, Emmett is an instructor of photography at Cerritos College, Glendale Community College, and Chaffey College.
Karen Emmett began teaching at Cerritos College in 1999, including PHOT100 (Introduction to Photography).
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