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// Just received a shipment of The Hotel Haunting! get a copy at www.brittanymarkert.bigcartel.comx
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January 2006. Room 45. 3:30 A.M. I was eighteen years old, alone in a run down hotel room with a man I barely knew. While fastened against the wall listening to the shutter click and the film wind, I fell in love, highly aware of his gaze behind the lens.
It was then I took notice of the intimate space between the photographer and his subject. For years I served as the muse to many; I entered room after room, disrobing, letting these artists, men and women, look at me, project onto me – see through me. All this time these artists observed me; yet I too observed them, and their craft, ever so diligently.
I have always been haunted by these memories, these rooms, thinking of the intense intimate connections isolated through the entrance and exit of these spaces and how these experiences mirrored my own unstable image of my identity and sexuality. In creating an intimate portrait in the context of a private room, there is something unsettling, unnerving – a moment of truth between the observer and the observed that so often is lost. The space between the artist and the room, the artist and the subject, the artist and his lens, speaks.
In Rooms began in the winter of 2011 as a visual diary. These walls speak and tell of secrets of the unseen – listen.
May 3rd - 26th, 2013
Opening reception: Friday, May 3, 6 -10 PM
Fuchs Projects is pleased to announce the debut solo exhibition of photographs by Brittany Markert. Come join us on Friday, the 3rd of May, for the reception!
Markert’s “In Rooms” series reflects the artist’s interest in the themes of identity, intimacy, memory and loss. Her photographs, taken in isolated, unidentifiable spaces, are an evocative study of subjects withdrawn from society. Printing each image herself in the darkroom, she vignettes memories in haunting darkness and draws viewers deeply into every moment. Using long exposures and movement, she creates an unsettling feeling of tension within the body, each frame a moment gasping for air. Markert captures man’s internal conflict, examining our perception of reality and identity through the use of self-portraits. After cleverly orchestrating each scene and her subjects, Markert spontaneously enters the frame at the last second, provoking organic reactions from her subjects. Sequential images allude to the mind’s obsessive tendency to recollect the past and interpret reality. In Rooms draws out the viewer’s voyeuristic desire and invites us to experience and contemplate this visual diary.
Brittany Markert (b. 1987, Torrance, CA) received her B.S in Mathematics from Santa Clara University in 2010. She currently volunteers at International Center of Photography where she is self-taught in traditional darkroom printing.
Markert currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.
To see more:
fuchsprojects.com
www.brittanymarkert.com
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The Hotel Haunting has finally arrived,,
A 92 page photographic narrative about a young woman that travelled to a desolate hotel to summon the spirits of the deceased.
starring Sarah Abney
mua/hair Joshua Conover
assistant Golbon Eghtedari
photographer/producer Brittany Markert
view previews of book and watch the making of the hotel haunting at www.in-rooms.com
The first shipment will be sent out the week of April 29th.
200 numbered and signed copies available here: http://brittanymarkert.bigcartel.com/product/the-hotel-haunting
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|in rooms| dear diary (2012-present) on Flickr.
silver gelatin print
I have 3 final prints done for my show, only 50 more to go! ahh, it will be a busy couple of months.
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It’s finally here! Happy Halloween! A behind the scenes look at The Hotel Haunting, my 80 page photographic book that will be released in the next couple of weeks. I ordered the first copy today and can’t believe it’s finally coming to life. I brought Golbon on set to film a video of the experience, and over the last 10 months we’ve put our minds and souls together to create a video that would give its audience an emotional and intimate experience of the world created in The Hotel Haunting. thank you to all involved! Enjoy and feel free to share..
A Behind the Scenes look at the making of The Hotel Haunting, a photographic narrative by Brittany Markert.
P h o t o g r a p h e r - Brittany Markert | in-rooms.com
M o d e l - Sarah Abney
M U A | H a i r - Joshua Conover @ Look SF
V i d e o g r a p h e r | E d i t o r - Golbon Eghtedari | golbone.com
Produced by Brittany Markert
Clothing provided by Thrifted and Modern | thriftedandmodern.com
It’s finally here! Happy Halloween! A behind the scenes look at The Hotel Haunting, my 80 page photographic book that will be released in the next couple of weeks. I ordered the first copy today and can’t believe it’s finally coming to life. I brought Golbon on set to film a video of the experience, and over the last 10 months we’ve put our minds and souls together to create a video that would give its audience an emotional and intimate experience of the world created in The Hotel Haunting. thank you to all involved! Enjoy and feel free to share..
A Behind the Scenes look at the making of The Hotel Haunting, a photographic narrative by Brittany Markert.
P h o t o g r a p h e r - Brittany Markert | in-rooms.com
M o d e l - Sarah Abney
M U A | H a i r - Joshua Conover @ Look SF
V i d e o g r a p h e r | E d i t o r - Golbon Eghtedari | golbone.com
Produced by Brittany Markert
Clothing provided by Thrifted and Modern | thriftedandmodern.com
