What Did the Deep Sea Say - Hardcover

Macel; Sara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3969000521 ISBN 13: 9783969000526

Publisher: Kehrer Verlag, 2022

Synopsis

When Sara Macel discovered a suitcase full of photographs belonging to her deceased grand mother, she unearthed an unknown chapter in her family history that led to Hollywood, Florida. In this seaside town that appears lost in time, Macel retraces her grandmother's footsteps while also photographing the land - scape, her mother, and herself. By interspersing medium- format colour photographs with her grandmother's black- and -white images from the 1940s and her mother's colour snap shots from the 1970s, a visual conversation emerges. What Did the Deep Sea Say explores the private lives of women dealing with their own unique circumstances at different points in time while swimming in the same waters.

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About the Author

Sara Macel (b. 1981 Houston, TX) is an artist and photographer based in Queens, NY. She received her BFA in Photography + Imaging from NYU and her MFA in Photography, Video & Related Media from the School of Visual Arts. Her photographic work is narratively based and often deals with themes of the archive, family, memory, place and time.
Macel lectures around the country at academic and cultural institutions. She is currently the Photography Program Coordinator and Lecturer at the State University of New York's Rockland Community College.

From the Back Cover

When Sara Macel discovered a suitcase full of photographs belonging to her deceased grand­mother, she unearthed an unknown chapter in her family history that led to Hollywood, Florida. In this seaside town that appears lost in time, Macel retraces her grandmother’s footsteps while also photographing the land­scape, her mother, and herself. By interspers­ing medium-­format color photographs with her grandmother’s black-­and­-white images from the 1940s and her mother’s color snap­shots from the 1970s, a visual conversation emerges. What Did the Deep Sea Say explores the private lives of women dealing with their own unique circumstances at different points in time while swimming in the same waters. New York-­based visual artist Sara Macel’s work has been widely exhibited and is in the collec­tions of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Light Work, and others. She is the recipient of the Aaron Siskind Foundation Fellowship.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kehrer Verlag
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3969000521
• ISBN 13: 9783969000526
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 102