BECOMING
Four artists contemplate childhood through contemporary fine art photography
Dennis DeHart www.dennisdehart.com
Rachel Jerome Ferrao www.racheljeromeferraro.com
Elizabeth Fleming www.elizabethfleming.com
Ian van Coller www.ianvancoller.com
Inaugural exhibitions:
Washington State University, Department of Fine Arts, Pullman, Washington.
Gallery 3, Fine Arts Building (Adjacent to the WSU Art Museum)
May 1-25, 2013
Becoming is a fine art, traveling exhibition focused on childhood through the lens of contemporary photography. Initially an exhibition idea spearheaded by native South African photographer Ian van Coller, Becoming examines childhood through poignant moments of family, humor, intrigue, and drama.
Ian van Coller, a Professor of Photography at Montana State University, will exhibit prints from his series and book “Growing Up in Montana,” which focuses on childhood innocence. Citing the ability to study life through photographs as her primary drive to make pictures, New York-based commercial and art photographer Rachel Jerome Ferraro will be showcasing her personal fine art work in “Family.” Drawing largely from her interest in memory, longing and mystery in the everyday, New Jersey-based photographer Elizabeth Fleming will be presenting work from her project “Life is a Series of Small Moments.” Embracing a philosophical point of view of early childhood education and play, Washington State Fine Art faculty member Dennis DeHart will exhibit photographs from his series “At Play.”
Becoming is a celebratory and thoughtful exhibition that draws from the vernacular of the family. Focusing on such basic human qualities as innocence, play, inquiry, and memory, Becoming innately celebrates the temporal nature of childhood en route to becoming.
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