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Social Distance: 6 Feet

Catherine Kerr

Social Distance: 6 Feet

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Artist Statement: The signs told us to keep our distance, and for a while we did. Even when we finally began to come out of isolation it was hard to shake the anxiety that welled up when we felt others were coming too near. But we won’t be kept apart; it isn’t natural. We ignore the signs now, but I don’t know if we’re back to normal. It’s hard to say if we'll ever be exactly as we were, but we are slowly, surely finding our way into a new normal.

This floor marker caught my eye last summer while I was in line at a fast-food place in Philadelphia. I had just a few moments to shoot a series of images using the camera at hand, which takes only black and white photos. I’ve been working and reworking them since then, eventually coming to believe this image needed color to express the vibrance that pulls our feet closer and closer. I might not be done yet.

Bio: I caught the camera bug early on when my parents gave me a Brownie Starlet camera for my seventh birthday, and my father became my first photography teacher. Since then I’ve been mostly self taught, though I owe a debt of gratitude to a series of generous mentors whose constructive criticism over the years has challenged me to improve my technique and expand my imagination. My first published photographs were taken to illustrate my work as a newspaper reporter and freelance writer, but later, as I followed a career path that led to ordained ministry in the Episcopal Church, my intent has shifted from showing what happened to exploring what matters, and my photography has become a spiritual discipline. My work has been included in juried exhibitions including the Phillips Mill Photo Exhibition and the Jack Rosen Commemorative Documentary Photography Exhibition, and my video artist statement titled “Loving the World” was featured in Phillips Mill’s 2022 “Beyond the Frame” online exhibit. I also received an honorable mention in the 2023 Pennsylvania Magazine photography contest.

 

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