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Mary Moore

artistic research - spirituality - history - environment

_____ "The past is never dead. It's not even past." / William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun

A powerful sense of place, and, the historic context, are central in Mary Moore's work.
In her photographic series of various 'historic locations' (open-ended photo project The Old Places) for instance, Moore sometimes uses archival images in juxtaposition to her own photographs, 'found pictures', or old family snapshots. Though she uses both digital and classic photographic and printing techniques, she finds the latter two combined with the initial sourcing and production, better project the sense of timelessness and intimacy she attempts to create.
Striving to reflect collective memory and experience in all of her work, drawings, paintings, photos, Moore deals with some of the great metaphors of life such as Death, Memory, Decay, Loss, and Renewal.