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November Issue
2009
The North Carolina
Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, NC, Features Works by Lucia
Bucklin
The
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, NC, will
present the exhibit, Nature in Infrared, featuring a unique
photography exhibit by Lucia Bucklin, on view at the Museum's
Nature Art Gallery from Nov. 6-29, 2009.
Bucklin shoots exclusively with infrared film for the serene, dream-like, romantic quality it gives to her images. Her photographs have an ethereal quality due to the ability of the film to record light the eye cannot see. Bucklin calls her photos a "reality of a different kind."
One of Bucklin's favorite subjects to shoot is nature. "I want the viewer to be drawn into the photograph and feel an emotional link to the subject."
Infrared film is a complicated medium to work with, she explains. "You're shooting with a red #25 filter and you need to visualize your image." But the complexity was part of what drew her to work in the medium. "I liked that it was challenging and that not many professionals were doing it."
Bucklin lives and works in Connecticut and many of her images are from her immediate environs. She has won many prestigious awards for her infrared images both domestically and internationally. Her photographs have been featured in numerous exhibits and juried exhibitions throughout the US and Europe and in a number of publications. Her work has been acquired by several private and corporate collectors. Originally trained as a photojournalist, Bucklin switched to fine-art photography specializing in infrared film nearly five years ago.
All of Bucklin's work is hand printed on archival watercolor or velvet fine art paper in signed, numbered, limited editions. She uses only natural lighting, a Canon 35mm camera and Kodak High Speed Infrared Film.
For further information
check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the gallery
at 919/733-7450, ext. 360 or visit (www.naturalsciences.org/museum-store/nature-art-gallery).
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