Linda Wolk
Juxtapositions
Noun
jux· ta· po· si· tion, ˌjək-stə-pə-ˈzi-shən
the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect (merriam-webster.com)
Long looking yields great rewards. It’s like an onion — start with the whole and then peel back to reveal each layer and discover the details. Some are beautiful and some not so pretty but all are interesting.
Flowers are a favorite subject of mine; they are very cooperative models. I photograph them over days and marvel at their beauty and complexity while watching them mature and fade. While creating these images I remembered photographs in my archives. I was inspired to make connections between my current and past work based on shape, color or mood. Take a closer look. What connections do you see?
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About
Linda Wolk is a photographer in the Boston area who takes pleasure in making images that document the world she lives in and how she sees it. She records her family, everyday observances, her love of travel, and the details of her environment with her camera.
Wolk was born and raised in New Jersey but has spent her adult life in the Boston area. A graduate with BS and MA degrees from Boston University and Columbia University she spent time teaching in elementary school classrooms guiding the minds and eyes of her students. For 20+ years she was a member of the MFA Boston’s Department of Education serving as a Gallery Instructor taking students from grades 1 – 12 through the galleries and introducing them to art and the art of looking. Always interested in visual arts but discouraged by art instructors Wolk began studying photography at the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, MA as an adult and discovered that she could make art! She has continued taking classes and workshops in the greater Boston area including ones offered at the Radcliffe Seminars, the Griffin Museum of Photography and the Arlington Center of the Arts as well as workshops given in Costa Rica, Cuba, Iceland and many places in the United States. Currently she is enrolled in the Atelier 37 class offered at the Griffin. Her work has been exhibited at the DeCordova Museum, the Leventhal-Sidman JCC, Lexington’s Cary Memorial Library, the Bedford Public Library and the Lexington Community Center.