Convergence.

Photographs by Gloria Baker Feinstein.

, 2002. Np, 35 duotone illustrations, 9¼x9¼".

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"When I was little, I used to dive deep under the water when swimming, then come up to the top as slowly as I could, creeping toward the surface, my arms extended behind me, my face lifted straight up toward the light above. I would try very hard to keep my eyes open as my face sliced through the water. I wanted to see the change occur. I wanted to witness the transition between the murky, private, silent fantasy below and the less abstract world above. I wanted to see it happen so that I could pay attention to how everything changed shape and color and texture. But my eyes always snapped shut just at the last second. Something about the sting of the light, or the strange feeling of water sliding across the surface of my eyes, always kept me from seeing the changes reveal themselves. Everything was just suddenly different. My camera does the same thing. While I'm delving into that magical, private, silent fantasy of making pictures, I anticipate being able to see the scene change from something that is mine to something that is shared, that is offered to others, that is defined and clear. But when that instant occurs, that fraction of a second when I take what is happening inside of me and turn it into something outside of me, the shutter betrays me, and a deep shade of black fills the viewfinder. So I don't really get to see how things in the frame change during that moment when I make the picture.
This is the first monograph on Kansas City photographer Feinstein, whose rich imagery-in which children are the principal characters-shows a rare maturity deserving of attention on a national level. She displays an uncanny knack of recording the absurdity and joy of childhood without patronizing her willing but unwitting subjects. The triumvirate of dirt, water and sunlight also figures prominently in this symbology of summer innocence. A deep-seated understanding of shadows-both literally and metaphorically-informs the work. See more work at photoeye.com/GloriaBakerFeinstein.

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