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Curtains, 2006 © Katrina M. d'Autremont	Abuelo a la Mesa (Grandfather at the Table), 2006 © Katrina M. d'Autremont	La Ventana de la Cocina (The Windown of the Kitchen), 2006 © Katrina M. d'Autremont

2009 Fellowship Award Exhibition

Si Dios Quiere (If God Wants)

Photographs by Katrina M. d'Autremont
January 12 - March 20, 2010

Katrina M. d’Autremont’s relationship to her South American family and the search to find her place amidst different cultures and generations is the subject of the 26 color prints in the series Si Dios Quiere (If God Wants). In his juror’s statement, Andy Adams has written this about d’Autremont’s compelling work:

“The photographs in Katrina M. d'Autremont's Si Dios Quiere present scenarios that explore issues of intimacy within her mother's family in Argentina. Like a shoebox of snapshot memories, her pictures depict the private rituals that comprise a family's life: cleaning the kitchen, watching television, gathering for a family feast. Interior domestic spaces dominate
and each of her family members is underscored by the place that binds them together. The house where she was raised plays a significant role and in many cases the environment is a lead character, revealing how place (and our memory of it) influences and forms us. Her home is
comprised of the kinds of objects that trigger memories from each of our pasts — the blue living room carpet, that familiar tablecloth, a piano — each part of an experience shared with the members of our tribe.”

This exhibition is made possible by Silver Eye Center for Photography members and by the Allegheny Regional Asset District, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The Fine Foundation, The Grable Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation and Anonymous.

Click here for the press release

Click here to read the article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Honorable Mention Photographers:

Sarah Balch (Cleveland, OH), Images - Artist Statement
Maureen Drennan (Brooklyn, NY), Images - Artist Statement
Shane Lavalette (Somerville, MA), Images - Artist Statement
Bradley Peters (Lincoln, NE), Images - Artist Statement
Janet Pritchard (Mansfield Center, CT), Images - Artist Statement
Jason Reblando (Chicago, IL), Images - Artist Statement
Daniel Traub (Philadelphia, PA) Images - Artist Statement
James Tribble & Tracy Mancenido (Staten Island, NY), Images - Artist Statement
Shen Wei (New York, NY), Images - Artist Statement
Susan Worsham (Richmond, VA), Images - Artist Statement