"Snowbound delivers what one hopes to see (but is harder to find these
days) in an emerging photographer--knowledge of her medium, a rich and
varied inner life, fearlessness in vision, and an in-depth study of her
chosen subject."--Carol McCusker
Photographs with the tranquility one might feel after a fresh snowfall.
Five winters long, the young American photographer Lisa M. Robinson took
pictures in the snow. Snowbound shows landscapes in which everyday
objects--alienated and sunken in snow--"civilize" the natural
surroundings. Traces of human existence set accents in the white
landscape, delimiting it and often popping up in an amusing or
incongruous way. A lonely hammock, a trampoline, and a swimming pool are
echoes of the summer past and of personal memories. But Robinson is not
interested in showing the obvious; instead, she makes use of the many
aggregate states of water--ice, snow, fog, and water--as metaphors for
life and transience.
Lisa M. Robinson lives and works in New York. She was artist in
residence at Light Work in Syracuse, New York; Curator's Choice at the
Houston Center of Photography Membership Exhibition; and among the top
fifty photographers chosen by Critical Mass (Photolucida). Recently she
received the L.C. Tiffany Grant for emerging artists. Snowbound will
be exhibited at several institutions in the United States and Europe,
and the book has been named Book of the Year 2008 by Light Work.
Mark Strand, born in 1934, is a poet, essayist, and translator. He
received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize.
