Video (4min 24sec): Susan Chandler, Photographer. Physicist turned photographer Susan Chandler has traveled the globe searching for the ultimate black and white image that explores the limits of the laws of thought and experience.
Ms. Chandler has carried her classic Leica M6 from Siberia to the Skeleton Coast of Southern Africa. From the taiga of Siberia, to the gargoyles that defend Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, to a charging elephant in Namibia, to a fresh lava flow on Kilauea volcano, her photos reflect the ambiguity of objective and subjectivity that is found in all works of art, but her pictures reveal this division with incisive poignancy.
There is a quiet personal rebellion at work in her photos that are more than they outwardly appear to be. Like great music, painting, or poetry they contain a subtext that encourages the viewer to use their own imagination to extend beyond the borders of the print.
Ms. Chandler is committed to traditional photography. She works with complete dedication to the entire process, from capturing “the moment”, developing the film, choosing the exact paper and bringing it all together in the darkroom where the magic happens.
A preview of the upcoming Perspective5 Art Show at Stables Gallery Taos, NM - October 3-12, 2008. Visit: perspective5.com.
