SN10 - Ep504 - Patricia Houghton Clarke - Award-Winning Fine Art Photographer

Patricia Clarke is my Special Guest Today... International award-winning fine art photographer She recently released her new book, Facing Ourselves: Reckoning. “What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.” - Henry David Thoreau When I was a child, my grandmother gave me a gift that completely lit my imagination on fire. It was a simple enough gift, but within it’s pages it opened the world to me. It was only an 1 inch thick. It’s glossy pages often stuck together, until they were carefully separated by my small fingers, where their colors and magnificence unveiled and burst forth. The pages smelled of ink and what I imagine a photographer’s dark room must smell like, chemicals and developing fluids. My grandmother had bought me a year subscription for National Geographic, and I fell in love with photography. Month after month my mailbox brought me another gift. The gift of seeing the world, imagining the far off places. I would spend hours, laying on the floor, slowly flipping the pages. My imagination could not be contained, and I made up stories from the photographs that I saw. Silo118 is pleased to announce an exhibition of new images by international award-winning photographer Patricia Houghton Clarke. Begun in 2014, Clarke’s California Redwood series, Primal Wild, portrays a deep dive into the natural world, the Primal Wild. These analog images reflect a yearning for the quiet and wisdom of our ancient, majestic forests Patricia is a self-taught, award-winning photographer, and has focused her imagery on culture, history and human nature. She has decades of travel in over 40 countries and years of work in visual arts and social justice efforts: project creation, photography, fine art exhibitions, teaching, and community development. As the Co-Founder of an award-winning affordable housing nonprofit and volunteer with refugee support organizations, her work has been an exploration of humanity, both near and far. From the jungles of Borneo to the Drag culture of southern California, her interest in blending photographic work with a quest to promote understanding between cultures has powered her imagery for many years. Patricia’s award-winning photography has been featured in exhibitions and publications around the United States and Europe. A unique collection of her photographs from the 2007 Obama Presidential campaign and Election Night in Grant Park is included in the Barack Obama Presidential Library collection. She speaks English, Spanish and Italian. She has just released her new book, Facing Ourselves: Reckoning. On Social - On Instagram - @pcphotog On Facebook - patriciahoughtonclarke.photography On Patricia’s website - www.patriciahoughtonclarke.com https://www.facingourselves.org DM Patricia Houghton Clarke for more information about fine art archival prints. Silo118 Presents: PATRICA HOUGHTON CLARKE “PRIMAL WILD” OCTOBER 14 - 29, Extended to November 12, 2022 www.silo118.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices