Caroline Waterman is a photographer that explores memory, loss, place, and family. She is currently pursuing a BFA in Photography at UNCC. Caroline specializes in Silver Gelatin Lith and Platinum Palladium. Caroline grew up in Dublin, Ireland, moved to the United States in 1986, and lives in Charlotte, NC with her husband and three children. She is currently pursuing a BFA in Photography at UNCC. Caroline specializes in Silver Gelatin Lith and Platinum Palladium. Her work deals with the themes of memory and loss and she has drawn on her connections to family, heritage and place as inspiration. She has conducted workshops on Lith printing at UNCC, at Appalachian State University and at the Light Factory. Her work has been exhibited in venues such as the University Hilton Hotel in Concord, NC, UNCC and The Photo Place Gallery in Vermont. In 2017 Caroline will be exhibiting her work in a solo show at Through This Lens Gallery in Durham NC.
Artist Statement: Pieces and Transitions
Pieces and Transitions documents my children and my surroundings in a series of photographs printed as Silver Gelatin Lith Prints. A memory is almost like a dream, at first strong and vivid, but becomes faded and blurry. People, places and things, once present in our lives, eventually are cast to our memory and will go in and out of focus with the passing of time. As I watch my children grow and change I am aware that they too are passing through my life, and their childhood will, as with my own childhood, become a memory. There is a sense that they are present but somehow not fully there, as though they have already begun to move away from me. All life is just passing through the world, but a presence is left behind.
The images depict my children as a presence, but this presence is at times unfocused and unclear. The use of the lith developer gives an old and grainy appearance, with soft white —underdeveloped highlights. It is a slow process, developing the image gradually, like an old memory coming back into focus.
Pieces and Transitions documents my children and my surroundings in a series of photographs printed as Silver Gelatin Lith Prints. A memory is almost like a dream, at first strong and vivid, but becomes faded and blurry. People, places and things, once present in our lives, eventually are cast to our memory and will go in and out of focus with the passing of time. As I watch my children grow and change I am aware that they too are passing through my life, and their childhood will, as with my own childhood, become a memory. There is a sense that they are present but somehow not fully there, as though they have already begun to move away from me. All life is just passing through the world, but a presence is left behind.
The images depict my children as a presence, but this presence is at times unfocused and unclear. The use of the lith developer gives an old and grainy appearance, with soft white —underdeveloped highlights. It is a slow process, developing the image gradually, like an old memory coming back into focus.
