Lady in White • Some say a ghost is just a memory, the imprint a person has left on another person or place.  In life, we leave the memory of ourselves everywhere we go and take some memories with us.  This series explores what those memories might look like.  The fleeting image of the lady in white, she’s there and not there at the same time.  One can focus on the surroundings and what they mean to them, or one can focus on her and the energy she left behind. 

These images were taken with a Holga camera that I altered by hand.  The lens was removed and a thin sheet of metal with a tiny hole was put in its place.  Pinhole photography was one of the first types of photography that was practiced.  There is no lens so it leaves the artist with a sense of mystery about how the image will turn out.  That combined with the long exposure required for such a small aperture makes every image a little surprising.  

This series, much like most of my recent work, is self-portraits.  I started doing self-portraits out of convenience and continued because I enjoyed it.  It gives me the opportunity to be the photographer, the actor, and the director at the same time.

BreeAnn grew up in a family of photographers and her father had a darkroom in her bedroom when she was a child, so it’s no wonder she picked up her first camera at an early age.  She has a Bachelor of Art from San Francisco State University in Photography.  She has shown in numerous shows in California and Nevada and won several awards and grants for her work.  Lately, she has been rediscovering film photography and embracing the low-tech.  The images in this collection are taken on 120 film with a hand-altered Holga pinhole camera.   

For information about the exhibit and the artist, please contact the curator, Maria Partridge • maria@sierra-arts.org