Happy start of fall! We had a busy and sunshine-filled summer quarter here at PCNW, and we are excited to share our member’s work. This quarter we are proud to feature Marianne McCoy, Eva Skold Westerlind, and Danielle Troy. These members reflect the diverse range of photography that we champion here at PCNW. We would like to thank them for submitting their work.
We often receive more submissions than we can feature. If you were not selected, please submit again, especially if you have new work to share. The deadline to submit for our fall quarter spotlight is December 15th, 2024.
If you are a PCNW member, and would like to submit to our Membership Spotlight, you can do so by clicking here.
Not a member, but interested in this opportunity? You can sign up here. Membership benefits not only include highlights like this one, you also receive discounts on classes, workshops, facilities rentals, and merchandise; as well as perks that include 20% off rentals, 10% off inkjet paper, 10% off darkroom paper & chemicals at Glazer’s Camera, and 10% Off Framing Services at Lucky Rabbet Framing.
What are you working on?
I keep my printing of lith alternative darkroom processes at the forefront of my career. It has been my foundation and is still held essential in a lot of my current work. I recently printed “Katrinka”. She is now in line to be used in a new composite, where she will fit in perfectly. Plastic cameras have also been a staple of creativity for me, and the marriage to lith printing is inevitably a perfect pairing. I still have the plastics and film with me on shoots.
My day to day routines of editing, imaging and creating new work have changed. Studying some new compositing and collaging classes opened up many new doors, in many new directions for me. No longer do I see my art as one image – now, my new direction is anything goes. This is my time-consuming work that I continually am working on. Concept is the most important part of the image for me. I just look for it in many places, colours, textures, designs, memories… and then I look some more! Trying this and that is really my destiny to the finished, framed and satisfying image. It was created and delivered through trial and error.
One project that I am continually working on is the advanced polymer photogravure printing technique that I’ve learned from Ray Bidegain. I was drawn to it by how the final print looks. They are so unique and beautiful. The challenge of learning how to control and play with the final images is good for my creative mind!
My 34 years of creating photography has been most gratifying. I never have lost my curiosity or drive to look beyond the normal. My wonderful friends I have made along my way are all amazing and each so different… I always want to learn more about them too. What started them in photography, why and what they create, how they see their creations and what emotions are involved for their happiness. It never gets old.
Artist Statement
Marianne McCoy is an American fine art photographer who grew up in Spokane, WA. Her extensive photography career has spanned 34 years. Her education includes Cornish College of the Arts, University of Washington and The Photographic Center NW in Seattle, WA. She has exhibited nationally, internationally and has been published many times. Many years of time in the darkroom has made her an advanced lith printer, and she was gratified to round out her career teaching advanced classes in studio lighting, natural lighting, plastic cameras and lith printing at The Photographic Center NW, Seattle, WA. Marianne is very happy to announce that three of her images were awarded in the “Paris Photo” PX3 exhibition in Paris, France 2023. McCoy is sought after by those that appreciate her unique styles. Her creativity has expanded to learning Polymer Plate Photogravure printing, experimenting with compositing and collage as well as learning how to make hand made fine art books. McCoy is living in Bothell, WA and continues her daily creation and passion of photography.
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What are you working on?
I am continuing my work photographing organic forms in their natural settings. I explore the tides on the beach and the seasonal changes in the woods.
Lately, I have been photographing one of the smallest and oldest living things in the natural landscape: lichens. I created a small handmade book, Lichens 2024, for the PCNW Photo Zine and Book Fair this August. In paying attention to details in the natural landscape, I have also collected images of bark beetle engravings on beach logs and in the forest.
My participation in Melinda Hurst Frye’s workshop titled Regeneration: Responding to the Cyclical and Altered Landscape this summer inspired me to continue exploring forms in the changing landscape.
One of my fungi prints, Split Gill, was included in the Print Art Exhibit “Pink” at Seattle Central College this spring.
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What are you working on?
This month I took an evening shoot workshop at the Georgetown Steam Plant, one of my favorite spots to shoot in Seattle. It allowed me a bit more time than I had when I attended events there in the past. I was able to create collage images to add to my ‘Another Place‘ series, as well as make straight color and black and white photographs.
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I love seeing this beautiful work! Thanks for sharing. Bravo to all three. Great work.