Perspectives Exposed
Susan Marie: Photography
October 18 - November 22, 2022
Susan Marie is an American artist who draws with light. Her medium? Photography.
Her imagery tells poignant stories of scapes and people in their everyday surroundings, elevating the quite-familiar moments commonly overlooked or taken for granted.
Her subjects? The sun receding into still waters of the horizon, children at play, a mother’s embrace, unspoken communication of couples, elderly wisdom, the accelerated pace of life, and the art of… architecture.
From a comfortable distance, Marie imbues her unknowing subjects with a benign grace, befriending them with her camera lens, recording what is rare or unique in all of us.
As her first solo exhibition, “Perspectives Exposed” serves as the combination of Marie’s decades as a photo storyteller. “My work is a glimpse into my “Perspective” of life around me, peeling back the layers that “Expose” my vision to the world,” says Marie.
Marie’s photographs have appeared in USA Today and Women’s Wear Daily, and have been exhibited at New York’s Soho Photo Gallery, Denise Bibro Fine Art Gallery, and the Salmagundi Club. Her work has also been compiled in a self-published book entitled “American Carnage.”
Susan Marie
Summer Heat
22 x 22 in (h x w)
USD 500.00
"The innocence of childhood captured during a hot summer day. Playing in a fountain provides some cooling relief from the smoldering city heat. Their joy percolates through the airwaves, you yourself become a child and want to join in the fun, just let yourself go and be carefree."
Susan Marie
Breakers 1
18 x 20 in (h x w)
600 USD
Susan Marie
Breakers 1I
18 x 20 in (h x w)
600 USD
"Early morning light is one of my favorite times to photograph. Nothing is better than being by the water, with soft whispering colors that glide across both sea and sky. Breath in and you can almost smell the sweet ocean air."
Susan Marie
Revelation
22 x 15 in (h x w)
400 USD
"Time stands still for no one. Looking out over a bridge from my childhood it seemed like I could see Infinity. Lights, colors, shapes whizzing past me, as though I could see the beginning to the end in one single moment."
Susan Marie
Ghost of the Past
22 x 16 in (h x w)
400 USD
"When you call upon the past you never know what you’ll find. Visiting a park from my childhood stirred a familiar ghost that transformed itself into a contemporary haunting silhouette of nature."
Susan Marie
Daybreak
18 x 20 in (h x w)
600 USD
"Morning light creates its own unique color palette. Just as the sun peaks above the horizon it seems to emit a sense of the beginning of time as well as the beginning of the day. All things seem possible."
Susan Marie
Watch Hill Lighthouse
18 x 20 in (h x w)
600 USD
"A glowing tangerine sky against the light cerulean blue sea complement each other, showing off history at a distance. Watch Hill Lighthouse in Rhode Island has served as a nautical beacon for ships since 1745, when the Rhode Island colonial government erected this watchtower and beacon during the French and Indian War and Revolutionary War."
Susan Marie
Modern Excavation
42 x 36 in (h x w)
1500 USD
"Architectural layers are placed side by side from the current day to the beginning of downtown New York City in the 1700s. History assembled together in one vision."
Susan Marie
Sans Cornell Tech
32 x 24 in (h x w)
1250 USD
"I am always drawn to architecture and the New York City skyline. Taking these photos I capture a moment, a vision in time that will one day no longer exist. Though not even 10 years ago this skyline view has changed, gone and not viewable in reality."
Susan Marie
Lurking Around the Corner
22 x 22 in (h x w)
450 USD
"As opposed to country life, city life has a reputation of being a dangerous place. Is it? Who knows what those three young girls will meet when they go around the corner into the underground. Always expect the unexpected and be aware of your surroundings."
Susan Marie
Leap
22 x 22 in (h x w)
450 USD
Susan Marie
Jump
22 x 22 in (h x w)
450 USD
"Backlight at the end of day as the sun goes down, catapulting into the cool water in a city fountain. There are no cares in the incorruptible purity of just having a good time. We’ll think about those other things later.'
Susan Marie
Every Name Has a Story
42 x 29 in (h x w)
1500 USD
"Ellis Island is a special place for me. My mother came through those gates and when she passed I had her name engraved on one of the metal panels that line the grounds. Every name on those walls has a story. When these newcomers first looked over to view their new city they had hope, but many came to learn the hard truth. As an immigrant saying goes — “I came to America because I heard the streets were paved with gold. When I got here, I found out three things: first, the streets weren’t paved with gold; second, they weren’t paved at all; and third, I was expected to pave them.…history is always (unfortunately more brutally) repeating itself."
Susan Marie
Alone Again Naturally
32 x 23 in (h x w)
1250 USD
"Repeating horizontal lines caught my attention. But then I saw this lone women in despair, forgotten. Only sharp geometric shapes are around her. They frame her current situation as there is no longer any softness in her world."
Susan Marie
Brothers
38 x 18 in (h x w)
1250 USD
"Humankind exists in many colors, shapes and beliefs. During the Holi Festival, ground colored powder is thrown on all who attend. It is a Hindu festival that has been celebrated since ancient times. The Holi Festival is celebrated as a way to welcome in spring, and also is seen as a new beginning where people can release all their inhibitions and start fresh. This image represents the possibility if we all took to heart this “Festival of Love” as on this day people get to unite together forgetting all resentments and all types of bad feeling towards each other."