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Celeste Brignac
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Biography
Celeste Brignac is a Louisiana-born photographer who now lives on Australia's Sunshine Coast. Her work spans a wide range of themes and subjects and especially her special interest in pinhole photography. In 2003 she documented historical sites for the Mississippi Heritage Board and was included in "Wind Blown Clouds" at the Baltic Centre, Gateshead, UK. She has been featured in "A World of Pinhole Photography" edited by Tom Persinger (2005), the Photographer's Edge catalogues and will appear in the f295 Pinhole Forum 2006 Calendar. In 2005 she relocated to the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia where she was short-listed for the Artworkers 2005 Prize.
Statement
Statement About Pinhole Photography Ever since I witnessed my first print magically appearing in a tray of developer, I have been addicted to photography. To me, there is nothing more rewarding than having control over light itself. Through my years of study in school, photography always remained my sole vehicle for expression however, it quickly became too technical and methodical. I mastered the art of creating a technically "perfect" print, but in the process I felt I lost my artistic expression amid rigid scientific formulas. Several years ago, when all of my fellow photographers were diving into the digital world, I decided to take a step back from it all. I was still enjoying the amber glow of safelights and the enchantment of my darkroom and I became determined to get back to the bare roots of photography. I was anxious to let go of the control even a lens offered, and rely on my vision to create my images. The pinhole camera provided me with that opportunity. Today I shoot with several different pinhole cameras. A few I have purchased and some I have created myself. I find that creating the camera is as exciting as seeing the final negatives and images that are produced. The risk and the uncertainty of pinhole cameras have given me a freedom that does not compare to anything else I have ever created a photograph with. To me, it is the perfect tool for representing the world as I see it.
Artist History
Education
1992 B.F.A. Degree, Fine Arts, Emphasis in photography. Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Solo Exhibition
2006
Perspectives on Melbourne, Pinhole photography, Monash Art and Design Gallery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Exhibitions
2006
Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise, Australia.
Cold, Iced, Frozen, Pinhole Photography, Andre Malraux Cultural Centre, Le Bourget, France.
Extraordinary Landscape Photo Competition, August, dotPhoto.com, 2nd place
Photomedia Center Juried Exhibition www.photomediacenter.org/06Open/Open06home.html
Sunshine Coast Show Arts Festival Exhibition, Nambour, Australia
PHOTOFEST 06 Australia, Southbank, Brisbane, Australia.
Salt Magazine Winter Photo Competition, www.saltmagazine.com
Shopdropping, touring, various locations, www.shopdropping.net
Australians At Play, Big screen exhibition, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia.
2005
Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise, Australia.
Artworkers Art Award 2005, Artworkers Alliance, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Finalist.
Prospect Portrait Prize 2005 Exhibition, Prospect Gallery, Nailsworth, S Australia, Finalist.
Hardcopy:digital art Exhibition, Gasworks Arts Park, Albert Park, Victoria, Australia.
Camera Obscura 1-00 Exhibition, Galerie Merid, Germany, pinhole #28.
The Cannery Arts Centre, 9x5 Auction, Esperance, Western Australia.
Field of Vision:Extremes, Institute for New Media, Frankfurt, Germany.
Mississippi’s Ten Most Endangered Historic Places, Mississippi Heritage Trust, Exhibition and Auction, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day Exhibition, www.pinholeday.org.
Coffee/Tea Project, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Traveling Show.
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Category: Photography
