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Atelier 33 | Marc Goldring

Posted on March 11, 2021

In this highlight of the Atelier 33 exhibition, we interviewed Marc Goldring about his current collection, Vision of Trees. Marc’s work, on view in the Griffin Main Gallery until March 26, 2021, documents the sculptural forms of trees and the stories that theses ancient beings can tell.

Which of these images was the impetus for this series? How did it inform how you completed the series?

MG - two trees

© Marc Goldring – Two Trees

I walk around Jamaica Pond just about every day and generally walk past an amazing beech trees and two glorious sycamore trees. I have dozens of shots of both of those trees and I’ve been honing my ability to capture what I see in them. Most of my work tends toward abstraction – enigmatic images where you need to look long and hard to understand what you’re looking at. The image called “Two Trees” was the first time I really was able to create an image that worked in that way. After that, with the impetus of Atelier, I worked to flesh out a series, some of which are more narrative and portrait-like than my work usually is.

How has your photography changed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic?

I’m still interested in the same sort of images that always attracted me but I have so much more time to work that I’m spending a lot more time shooting and processing. The other shift is that I don’t print as much – jpegs are the name of the game more often than not. Thing is, you can get away with a lot more with an image on a screen as opposed to paper! So I think it’s made me be a bit more adventurous in my post-processing.

What do you hope we as viewers take away from viewing your work?

I find these ancient trees inspiring. They live slow lives which I imagine allows for greater intention and reflection, at least it would for me, if I could slow down! I would like people to look more carefully at trees, at the ways in which our human lives intersect and interact with trees and the rest of the natural world.

MG - tree by the river

© Marc Goldring – Tree by the River

How has your inspiration for photography changed throughout your life changed as your surroundings changed?

I started out shooting to supplement the narrative reports I wrote on my consulting projects, working with arts organizations. Mostly people shots and the odd interesting perspective to make the reports less dense with words.
It’s only been 4-5 years since I stopped consulting, that I’ve really focused on themes and series of images that work together as a group. Much more challenging, more fun!

MG - sycamore tree

© Marc Goldring – Sycamore

 

Tell us what is next for you creatively.

I have several on-going projects, one of which is this portfolio of trees. I also am working on a series of shots of my grandson with whom I hope, once again, I will get to spend a great deal of time with. Beyond that, who knows!

Find more of Marc Goldring‘s work on his website and on his Facebook.

Filed Under: Atelier, Blog Tagged With: Artist Talk, Atelier, atelier 33, Photographers on Photography

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Amy Rindskopf's Terra Novus

At the market, I pick each one up, pulled in by the shapes as they sit together, waiting. I feel its heft in my hand, enjoy the textures of the skin or peel, and begin to look closer and closer. The patterns on each individual surface marks them as distinct. I push further still, discovering territory unseen by the casual observer, a new land. I am like a satellite orbiting a distant planet, taking the first-ever images of this newly envisioned place.

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Photography has been paramount in my personal path of healing from disease and

connecting with consciousness. The intention of my work is to overcome the limits of the

mind and engage the spirit. Like a Zen koan, my images are paradoxes hidden in plain

sight. They are intended to be sat with meditatively, eventually revealing greater truths

about the world and about one’s self.

 

John Chervinsky’s photography is a testament to pensive work without simple answers;

it connects by encouraging discovery and altering perspectives. I see this scholarship

as a potential to continue his legacy and evolve the boundaries of how photography can

explore the human condition.

 

Growing my artistic skill and voice as an emerging photographer is critical, I see this as

a rare opportunity to strengthen my foundation and transition towards an established

and influential future. I am thirsty to engage viewers and provide a transformative

experience through my work. I have been honing my current project and building a plan

for its complete execution. The incredible Griffin community of mentors and the

generous funds would be instrumental for its development. I deeply recognize the

hallmark moment this could be for the introduction of the work. Thank you for providing

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