ARTIST STATEMENT
I have always been intrigued by multiple exposures, a slight angle or movement in one direction or the other of the camera adds layers of color and shapes and opens up new perspectives. These images were taken during the recovery process from a serious ankle fracture while learning to balance and walk on the streets of New York. The process was cathartic in understanding that what is stable and secure one minute can fracture in the next.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Christine Giancola, a documentary and fine arts photographer, earned her M.A. from the School of Communications at Webster University in Documentary Photography in 1998. She holds a Minor in Women’s Studies.
She has exhibited internationally and nationally and won numerous awards for her photographs which have been featured in books, magazines, newspapers, and private collections both internationally and nationally. She has been working on a documentary for the past eleven years of still photographs and videos in New York City, titled “The streets of New York”. She spends several weeks each year taking photographs and videos on the streets in New York with an emphasis on Harlem, The Lower East Side, Coney Island, and Brooklyn.She is currently an Assistant Professor of Photography at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley and the Program Coordinator of the Photography program for the past two years. Additional teaching experience:
• Adjunct Full Professor at Webster University since 2008.
• A former Lecturer of Photography at Southern University at Edwardsville from 2003-2015.
© Christine Giancola