Artist Statement
My work explores the utopian vision of the mind's eye - a subliminal place
which transcends physical boundaries and provides boundless opportunities
for self-exploration and discovery, and connection to outer, higher creative
energy. Using photography's intrinsic credibility, I strive to create
believable tableaux which represent the idyllic and sometimes forbidding
world within imagination.
Drawing upon myth, symbolism and legend, I hope to tap into the collective
unconscious and take the viewer on this both introspective and cosmic
journey to where anything is possible.
Photographs by Loretta Young-Gautier have been shown in numerous group and
solo shows and are part of private, corporate and museum collections
nationwide. Her images have appeared in Photo Review, Icon, Masterpiece
Magazine, The Photographers Market and Passion Press.
Process Statement
Through multiple exposures, negative sandwiching, combination printing and
other techniques, Loretta Young-Gautier has created images in both the camera and the darkroom
and has recently begun exploring digital manipulation. Sometimes taking
weeks to create a single image, her work is produced in a limited edition of
hand-printed archival silver gelatin prints and/or carbon-pigment inkjet
prints.