Kerrie Hill Photography
"Capturing the Details"
I have an eye for details. And whether I am doing something or observing something I attend to them. Stepping back and noticing details sometimes allows us to look at things anew. It has been said that once we have named something we no longer see it. We create a general concept, a shorthand identification of something and then we stop appreciating its uniqueness and we don’t notice if it has changed.
The images in this show vary from easily recognizable details to ones that are no longer a picture of a thing which we have given a simple label. I invite you to notice not only the images but also yourself and how you interact with them. Notice if you look at the titles and if you do look consider if or how it shapes your perception or reaction to each image.
Through the years the creative medium I work with has changed. The primary ones have been clay, textiles, and photography. As a child it was modeling clay and later clay thrown on a potter’s wheel that was then stone fired. Textiles started with potholders made with loops on a 6 inch loom and went to the high point of a hand quilted queen size quilt that was in the national AQS show in Des Moines. My early efforts in photography involved film, the dark room, and smelly chemicals. But now that I work in digital it is a lot more fun. Photography has become my dominate medium. I think this is because unlike my other endeavors it can be conceived of and completed in a matter of a minute or a few seconds (and now I know I’ve got it in seconds too). In addition it is the most mobile medium and can be very spontaneous. I get outside more and rarely walk without my camera.
I have an eye for details. And whether I am doing something or observing something I attend to them. Stepping back and noticing details sometimes allows us to look at things anew. It has been said that once we have named something we no longer see it. We create a general concept, a shorthand identification of something and then we stop appreciating its uniqueness and we don’t notice if it has changed.
The images in this show vary from easily recognizable details to ones that are no longer a picture of a thing which we have given a simple label. I invite you to notice not only the images but also yourself and how you interact with them. Notice if you look at the titles and if you do look consider if or how it shapes your perception or reaction to each image.
Through the years the creative medium I work with has changed. The primary ones have been clay, textiles, and photography. As a child it was modeling clay and later clay thrown on a potter’s wheel that was then stone fired. Textiles started with potholders made with loops on a 6 inch loom and went to the high point of a hand quilted queen size quilt that was in the national AQS show in Des Moines. My early efforts in photography involved film, the dark room, and smelly chemicals. But now that I work in digital it is a lot more fun. Photography has become my dominate medium. I think this is because unlike my other endeavors it can be conceived of and completed in a matter of a minute or a few seconds (and now I know I’ve got it in seconds too). In addition it is the most mobile medium and can be very spontaneous. I get outside more and rarely walk without my camera.