IMAGE COURTSEY OF BRIDGET CONN

In this talk, artist Bridget Conn explores her personal history with the photographic medium, as a practitioner who stood at odds with the term “photographer” for years despite calling the medium home. Deeply rooted in experimental darkroom practices that she began in 2014, Conn will also discuss her more traditional training in the late 1990s, as well as explorations of digital-based objects and installations in the 2000s. Along the way, the artist contextualizes the revolution of digital photography and how it created the desire for more tactile and physical practices that fuel experimental photography to this day.

Bridget Conn explores the potential of photography as a chemical and physical medium through cameraless experimental processes. Dealing with themes of societal struggles, awe and wonder, challenges in communication, digitized vs. physical encounters, and the importance of making and admitting mistakes, Conn investigates the boundaries of photography with prints, wall installations, and sculptural works. She received her BFA from Tulane University and MFA from the University of Georgia. She currently resides in Nashville, Indiana.

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