Atlanta, GA
Biography:
I grew up in Atlanta, graduating from The Lovett School. I studied art, literature, and horseback riding at Sweet Briar College and earned a masters degree in literature from the University of Georgia while also studying photography and horse science. My photographs have been included in exhibitions at the Denver International Airport, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Soho Photo Gallery, The New Orleans Photo Alliance, and Mason Murer Fine Art. Resent publications include Shots Magazine (#104, Summer ’09), Silvershotz (V 6, Ed. 3), and The Photo Review (2009 Competition Issue).
The defining motivation of the work Menagerie comes from romantic literature; three romantic values are central to my vision: worship of nature, reliance on imagination rather than reason, and the idea of a realm that transcends the physical. Today people wander through urban environments disconnected from nature, dreams, and myth. Animals, because they exist both literally and in the universally understood world of metaphor and dream, form a bridge between the visible material realm and an essential reality that is not easily seen or understood. The quality of mystery in the images lifts them from a documentary level to one of allegory.
Website: www.anneberrystudio.com
