this first photo is a gift from john w. sisson, jr., a fellow photographer who found a polaroid and sent me this image
22 April 2007
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Artist Statement
I am aware of a hurting world where tragedy strikes daily. I can best articulate my response to these tragedies and my understanding of hope through finding colors and details with the camera. So, when a typically beige building displays a piece of street art, a scrap of ribbon lies on the sidewalk, or the grass presents a newly fallen treasure, I notice. When I recognize these aspects of life that are easily missed, I find a hope that I address in my art. Particularly through photography, I present images as a challenge for viewers to ponder their own hopes and to become more aware of their world. I remember being repulsed by the idea of always carrying my camera because I felt like in doing so, I would be stepping out of life rather than enjoying it fully. But since doing so, I have learned to see better. In this piece, I present these photographic explorations of hope. I call for others to see beauty in the ordinary and desire for this to spur them to change their world.
the artist
- kelleyjordan
- i am an artist striving to recover hope and beauty through photography, growing food, bartering, biking, living closely with community and as simply as i can.
side note to the online viewer:
the images that are taped around the world are fakes. i create polaroid looking images by assembling a printed image and white frame. this dimension brings me deeper into the project, making a greater connection to the work and those who find the polaroid. (admittedly, it did begin because polaroid film is so expensive. but ive chosen to continue it in this way. they are my hand made gifts to the world.)
stories of people & traveling polaroids
be a traveling polaroid-er
do you want to participate in this polaroid community by taping polaroids wherever you are? email kelleyjordan@gmail.com with your mailing address so i can send you a package.
I found your polaroid on the revolving door of a Starbucks on Lake and LaSalle Street in Chicago. This was an afternoon in March, and the card got lost in the general shuffle of papers on my coffee table, but now I have found it again, and I can share a nice coincidence: according to your website, it looks like the photo was taken in Paris in early March, and I was also visiting the city then. So I was in Paris around the time the shot was taken, and found it once I returned to Chicago. Odd and wonderful. Thanks for a serendipitous encounter.
ReplyDeleteI found a picture taped to the back of a 'section closed' sign at La Croix Church in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. I wondered who would leave a photo there and why? After being initially suspicious, I realized that I hadn't pondered the question 'what gives me hope' in quite a while. So, what about hope? We seem to be living in a time that focuses on fear, suspicion and bad news but I really don't have to stay there. I feel hopeful when I see people returning to visit their home town for the holidays and the bonds that hold families and friends together over time and distance. I feel hopeful when I see simple courtesy and concern for a stranger -the small kindnesses that don't receive much attention but, do so much to make our world more as God intended it to be. I feel hope when I see people smile at each other. Choosing sincere gratitude for recieving my basic needs allows me to trust God and hope for the future.
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