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Virginia Mallon
Virginia Mallon
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photography
Photography using both an iPhone camera and a SONY A65. I am as intrigued with humans as much as nature and the overlap of each on this planet we call home. Series include:
Nightstation and Eighty Miles a Day are part of The City in Pictures Blog, is possibly the first of its kind to document Americana through the lens of a dirty window on the Long Island Railroad. This journey of over two thousand miles, normally short on zen and fraught with delays, produced a remarkable series of images which capture the ever changing ambiance of this rural to urban landscape. This collection seeks to capture a bit of that timless, lonely, surreal echo emanating from New York City.
Chasing Saturn - Domestic violence and child abuse are themes that runs throughout in my work. Unearthing buried memories and personal history through art is my own method of dealing with this reality. I recall clearly the first time I saw as a young student the Goya painting Saturno Devorando a Su Hijo. The image was both gristly, and hauntingly familiar. I have been intrigued by this legend ever since, not only for its gruesome violence, but also for themes of retaliation, reconciliation, rebirth and victory. It is through this project that I hope to reconcile my own experiences, and offer a way and means for others to do the same. Chasing Saturn examines a woman's point-of-view on the repercussions of intergenerational trauma. Launched in 2023 at Arte Studio Ginestrelle.