Atlanta-based multi-media Artist and photographer Shannon Davis’s “Conversations in Motion” is a series of digital compositions exploring the formal aspects of design as a conversation – one shaped by the placement of objects and the moods and meanings they create. That dialogue continues when the work is viewed, shifting and expanding through the eyes of its audience.
“As a photographer, I see this vernacular of design everywhere: in the abstract arrangements of signage, in fleeting reflections, and across the networks of built structures,” says Shannon. For years, Shannon has used photography to document these visual exchanges, building an archive centered on line, space and texture. Individually, the images function as a catalogue of seeing; collectively, they become components in a larger visual language.
“My digital compositions are assembled from photographs that share no thematic origin, yet they speak to one another through form and gesture, creating the kind of energetic visual banter you want to step into - a conversation in motion.”
"Dive In" edition of 7, pigment print on backlit transparency, lightbox, 24 by 36 inches
"Wonder," edition of 7, print on premium satin resin coated paper, 24 by 19 inches
"Climb Up," edition of 7, print on premium satin resin coated paper, 15 by 24 inches
"Electric," edition of 7, pigment print on backlit transparency, lightbox, 24 by 36 inches
"Brutalist," edition of 7, print on premium satin resin coated paper, 24 by 36 inches
"Bright Lights," edition of 7, print on premium satin resin coated paper, 24 by 18 inches
"Lounge," edition of 7, print on premium satin resin coated paper, 19 by 27 inches
"Peel Back," edition of 7, pigment print on backlit transparency, lightbox, 24 by 18 inches
"Park in Rear," edition of 7, pigment print on backlit transparency, lightbox, 24 by 36 inches
"+1," edition of 7, print on premium satin resin coated paper, 24 by 16 inches
Shannon is a photographer, branding design consultant, and has been an adjunct professor at Savannah College of Art and Design in the Motion Media Department since 2008. She began her career as a creative director, launching the channel Turner Classic Movies (TCM). She has won numerous international awards for her innovative visual approaches and unique creative concepts. Her project “I Got Somethin’ To Show You” was a Lens Culture Exposure Award Finalist, Ain’t Bad Magazine Top 100 Photography Series, and top ten finalists in the Duke University Lange/Taylor Prize. Her artist book “Controlled Burn” has been acquired by the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, University of Washington Special Collections, Museum of Fine Arts Houston Libraries & Archives, University of Georgia Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Savannah College of Art and Design Library, Baylor University Book Arts Collection, Ohio University Libraries, University of Colorado-Boulder, and Rochester Institute of Technology.
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