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BETH MOON
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THE SAVAGE GARDEN
Copyright © Beth Moon / All rights reserved
Beth Moon (Neenah, Wisconsin, 1956) studied fine arts at the University
of Wisconsin, with classes in painting, life drawing, sculpture, and design.
She is a self-taught photographer and employs a platinum printing technique
that she learned while in England. She has exhibited widely in Great Britain,
France, Italy and throughout the U.S., and has had solo shows in London, San
Francisco, Verona and Chicago. She has won the Golden Light Award from the
Maine Photographic Workshops and has been published widely in major
photographic magazines. Her last solo exhibition was in Pietrasanta, Italy, for
PH-Neutro Gallery.
Moving to England, a country with a love for all
things arboreal, gave her a fresh look on a land that boasts the largest
concentration of ancient trees. Inspired by these trees, she decided to make a
series of their portraits, and started to learn platinum/palladium printing: “By
using the longest lasting photographic process, I hope to speak about survival,
not only of man and nature but photography’s survival as well. For each print I
mix ground platinum and palladium powders, making a tincture which is
hand-coated onto heavy watercolor paper and exposed to light. There are many
steps involved in creating the final print and these are as important to me as
the capturing of the image.”
Sito Web : www.bethmoon.com
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