| Light Work is pleased to announce the recipients of the 34th Light Work Grants in Photography.
The selected artists are Kathy Morris, Paul Pearce, and Nancy Keefe Rhodes.
The grant program was established in 1975 to encourage the creation of new work and scholarship in Central New York. The grants include a cash award of $2,000, an exhibition at Light Work and publication in Contact Sheet. The grant is given annually to three Central New York photographers, critics, or photo-historians.
Applicants must reside in one of the following
Central New York Counties: Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Schuyler, Seneca, St. Lawrence, Tioga, or Tompkins.
Kathy Morris, Ithaca, Tompkins County
Kathy Morris's series Spinal Diary is, in her words, "a visual and written narrative about back pain, back surgery, healing, and the vulnerabilities of being one of the 47 million Americans without health insurance." Her images examine the current health care crisis. Her autobiographical series exemplifies how artists translate and transcend physical challenges through creative expression. Morris has exhibited nationwide, and she has received numerous grants and awards. Her work is included in permanent collections nationwide. She previously received the Light Work Grant in 1986.
Paul Pearce, Mattydale, Onondaga County
Paul
Pearce's photographs question the concept of civilized societies, and look at the conflict between morality and militarism. He is, in his own words, "fascinated by the packaging of ideas and beliefs." Pearce's work looks back at his time as a combat war veteran, and his reactions to the policies and actions of that time. Pearce is an adjunct professor in photography at the State University of New York Oswego. His work has been exhibited nationwide. He received the Light Work Grant in 1981.
Nancy Keefe Rhodes, Fayetteville, Onondaga County
Nancy
Keefe Rhodes won the 2008 Light Work Grant in Photography with a proposal for a photo-historian project in which she will prepare a selection of work by long-time local documentary photographer Marjory Wilkins for exhibition. Wilkins has been photographing Syracuse's African American community for over sixty years, including the now-vanished neighborhood of the 15th Ward. Rhodes will work with both Marjory and her son David, a photojournalist, to select and prepare the photographs for exhibition. She will also write an extended essay about the value and context of these historic images. Rhodes is a freelance arts journalist covering film, photography, and visual arts.
She has written for such publications as Cineaste magazine and Syracuse's City Eagle.
Special thanks to our 2008 judges: Dennis DeHart, Cristina Fraire, and John Clark Mayden.
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