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Meagan Pugh

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Thus far, my artistic career has been a montage of visual experiments consisting various different mediums and subject matters. Yet, my strongest and best explored medium, which I have spent the majority of my schooling building upon, has been photography. Within this medium my work has continuously leaned towards the portrayal of urban environments. I have always found myself attracted to the aesthetic of more urbanized places. These places hold a history and portray the livelihoods of the people that have occupied them, almost, themselves, becoming living things with the ability to have character and change this character over time.
Keeping this in mind, the work that I have currently been working on is somewhat of a photographic memorial of my childhood. Of all the ways that I connect to my childhood, the most intense has been through the location where most of this time was spent. Being that I strongly believe that it is the experiences in one’s life which makes them who they are and as a visual person, the place and therefore the aesthetic where I grew up has been very important to me. Thus in my current work I am attempting to visually show my appreciation of this place. It is a place that is considered to be of little importance, ordinary, and even blue collar. Yet, to me, this place is romantic and layered with memories.
Through the lighting, layering, and texture of this work I am reaching out to others in hope to engage and bring them into a world that they would otherwise pass by. My hope is for the viewer to grasp a romantic and almost magical quality from the work, coupled with a sense of loss and stillness that the passing of time can often provide