Clarissa Bonet
Fall 2023 Honorable Mention – Photography
Chicago, IL clarissabonet.com
Glimpse, 2019, Pigment Print, 40x32”. From the project City Space.
Public / Private Space, 2019, Pigment Print, 40x32”. From the project City Space.
Distancing, 2020, Pigment Print 32x40”. From the project City Space.
A Place to Perch, 2021, Pigment Print, 32x40”. From the project City Space.
Cloud Chaser, 2019, Pigment Print, 40x32”. From the project City Space.
Open, 2020, Pigment Print, 32x40”, From the project City Space.
Suspense, 2019, Pigment Print 40x32”. From the project City Space.
Curated Landscape, 2019, Pigment Print, 32x40”. From the project City Space.
Clouds by Design, 2019, Pigment Print, 40x32”. From the project City Space.
Calculation, 2019, Pigment Print, 32x40”. From the project City Space.
Closed, 2021, Pigment Print, 40x32”. From the project City Space.
Solitude, 2021, Pigment Print, 40x32”. From the project City Space.
Proximity, 2014, Pigment Print, 32x40, from the project City Space.
Gust, 2017, Pigment Print, 40x32, from the project City Space.
Fortress, 2016, Pigment Print, 40x32, from the project City Space.
Urban Constructs, Southeast Museum of Photography, Florida
Urban Constructs, Southeast Museum of Photography, Florida
Chasing Light, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago
Artist Statement
City Space is an investigation of the human experience of the built environment within the contemporary city center. Drawing inspiration from a mix of lived experience, observation, and research, the images in this project contemplate pedestrianism, anonymity, urban planning, surveillance, and the divide between public and private space. Working within the framework of street photography and the constructed image, I use city streets as a dynamic backdrop for the subtle, often overlooked dramas of daily life that play out in a city’s planned and built urban spaces. My fascination with photography's intrinsic connection to light plays a central role in my creative process. I harness the stark brilliance of sunlight not just to illuminate, but to transform urban landscapes into a space for psychological investigation. The photographs in City Space consider our lived experience of the constructed landscape that we inhabit, our relationship to it, and the people who surround us.
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