gremillion gallery

GREMILLION GALLERY // MAR 19 // 6:00-8:00PM

Jon Edwards
A Way of Being

Gremillion &Co. Fine Art, Inc. is pleased to present A Way of Being, an
exhibition of Photographs by Maine artist, Jon Edwards. The opening
reception will be held Friday March 19, 6-8pm.

The photographs in the series “A Way of Being” are of people and places on
physical and metaphoric islands. There is both simplicity and beauty in the
lives of the individuals I photograph, as well as hardship caused by isolation
or the struggle to make ends meet. My work is meant to celebrate the
dignity these individuals display, not to document “vanishing lifestyles.”

Many of my images dwell on the smaller details of life, or live in the shadows
created by the often-dim natural lighting under which many were created.
They are meant to accurately represent lives, places and/or events, while
evoking emotions that may be unrelated to the underlying “facts” of the
photographs. By photographing the specific, I am squarely in the
documentary tradition. By trying to make the specific universal, I aim to
create emotive images in the fine art tradition.

The exhibition will continue through April 25, 2010.

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