Installation views
Sometimes I don’t know why I’m drawn to a photograph at first. I follow my gut, which tells me, ‘don’t move on yet, look a little closer and keep looking.’ And returning to Beth Chucker’s photograph gives me the chance to hone in and better understand what exactly I’m looking at.
The composition’s energy begins at the bottom of the frame and with electric intensity bursts into the middle and top of the frame. Enjoy the subtle gradation of reds contrasted against the bright blue sky. And notice how her photograph might just fill you with a sense of air, lightness and spaciousness.
-Text by Sasha Louis Bush
Artist Bio
Beth Chucker is from the Washington, DC area. She received a BFA from The Corcoran College of Art and Design in 1994. In 2000, Beth moved to Los Angeles, where she achieved her second BFA from Art Center College of Design with Honors- 2004. In 2009, she achieved her third degree, an MFA from ICP-Bard in NYC. Beth Chucker recently curated a show at Icon Projects called Finding Family. Her work was selected by Kira Pollack, Time Magazine’s Director of Photography, to show in New York in April 2013. She taught photography and worked freelance in Los Angeles, until she moved to Montclair, NJ 3 1/2 years ago and she is a mother to 7-year-old twins, Ellie and Jack. She continues to make work every day of her life and surroundings.
www.bethchucker.com