"An interesting plainness is the most difficult and precious thing to achieve" Mies Van Der Rohe
As a teenager I developed a love for photography and in the late 1960s had my first exhibits at the Floating Foundation of Photography and the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York City. After a long hiatus, I rekindled my passion for the art and in more recent years have participated in more than twenty juried exhibits, galleries and museums in Westchester and New York City. Please see below.
In my work, no attempt is made to depict an object as it naturally appears. The goal is to create a new object that did not exist before. The photograph itself becomes the object without regard to the subject matter.
With this in mind, I utilize the unique characteristics of the medium to portray commonplace objects and show the viewer an alternative representation of the object. Often an attempt is made to show an overlooked or underlying esthetic that exists in the mundane, be it a light bulb or a doorknob or some other simple thing. At times this results in a momentary surprise, leaving the viewer to question what the object is or how its image was produced.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Carrie Haddad Photographs - Hudson, NY
Van Brunt Gallery - Beacon, NY
Gallery Yellow - Cross River, NY
Soho Photo Gallery - New York, NY
JURIED EXHIBITS (Partial List)
Date Venue Juror/Curator
1970 Bronx Museum of the Arts John Szarkowski
1998 Lyndhurst National Trust Howard Greenberg, Bruce McGaw, Philip Verre
1999 Lyndhurst National Trust Lucinda Gedeon, Greg Lhotsky, Barry Podgorsky
1999 Nexus Gallery Robin Rice
2000 Grass Roots 2000 Tricia Wright
2000 Candice Perich Gallery Susan Edwards, Peter MacGill, Candace Perich
2000 Lyndhurst National Trust Susan Edwards, Greg Lhotsky, Barry Podgorsky
2004 Westchester Biennial K. Buitrago, Robert Curcio, Judy Kim, B. Ortiz
2005 Anderson Chase Gallery Dominick Lombardi
2008 Westerchester Biennial Dan Aycock, Madeline Segall-Marx, David C. Terry
2010 Westchester Bienial Will Corwin, Emily Stern
2010 Photowork '10 (Award) Nat Trotman Guggenheim Museum of Art
OTHER EXHIBITS AND GALLERY REPRESENTATION (Partial List)
1971 Floating Foundation of Photography - New York, NY
2001 Solo Show - Mamaroneck Artist Guild
2003 Solo Show - Eric R. Smith Gallery, Harrison, NY (Juried)
2000 - 2009 Upstream Gallery (Juried) - Dobbs Ferry, NY
2004 - 2008 Flatiron Gallery - Peekskill, NY
2004 - 2005 GR Art Gallery - Mamaroneck, NY
2004 - 2008 Armonk Outdoor Art Show (Juried) (2006, 2007 award winner)
2005 Imaging Arts - Tappan, NY
2005 - 2009 Gallery Yellow - Cross River, NY
2006 New York Museum of Water - New York, NY