Melanie Walker

Issue 152

In my photographic practice I have been driven by contemporary sensibilities as applied to historical photographic processes and hand-made prints along with new ways of presentation. My work is a collision between installation, photography, sculpture, textiles, puppets and sometimes sound. Daguerre’s 1822 diorama and a fascination for the pre-history of photography has been at the heart of my work. My practice is haptic and multi-sensory being born visually impaired. In recent installations I work with images on sheer fabric to emulate the double vision I experience with my visual challenges. Using metaphor, I seek to address our collective longing for connection in these challenging times of division and separation. I live between sight and blindness hoping to serve as a bridge to empathy and compassion. I seek the spaces between us. 

Melanie Walker lives and works in Boulder County, Colorado.
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