Artist Statement
Louise Maher’s practice concentrates upon the inextricable relationship we have to our environment. By focusing on everyday expressions of this connection, she explores perceptions of the encounter. Maher’s approach stems from an appreciation of the historical development of street photography, yet it is also influenced by a variety of photographic traditions including the typological approach, diaristic mode and the environmental portrait. Her photographic series’ unite aspects of spontaneity and formalization to create a visual language that presents the viewer with space to translate.
Louise Maher was born in Cork, Ireland in 1983. As a young child her family immigrated to North America, where they lived in Toronto, Canada and St Petersburg, Florida. She was introduced to photography at the age of 14 as a freshman in a Floridian high school. In 2001, Maher began her formal studies in photography at St Johns Central College, Cork, Ireland. Following her passion, she relocated to Scotland to study at the Edinburgh College of Art and received a BA Hons Degree in Photography in 2006. Maher then worked independently on her photography practice prior to receiving an MA in Photography from the University of Brighton, United Kingdom in 2011.
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