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Conversations, Constellations (2019-2023) holds a simple premise: a dialogue between creatives. Verbal exchange is a conduit for non-verbal conversation, speech transforms into gesture.

Portrait-making is how I communicate, how I reflect on the world. In this body of work, my camera makes space for us to speak, to have conversations that take many forms, both verbal and non-verbal. I photograph friends and colleagues in Mexico, where I have been photographing and teaching for many years. It is a place I have an affinity for, yet I am at a distance removed.

I make portraits with individuals who are curious about visual representation and are used to exploring themselves with a witness present. I invite them to have a conversation with me and I photograph them as we speak. Some of our conversations develop into deeper ones and span across many visits over many years. Others are short and succinct – a fleeting intimate exchange.

Conversations evolve and attach to become constellations.

Love. Community activism. Environmental destruction. Gifts. Nostalgia for homeland. The need to speak. Tenderness. Ancestral roots. Connection point. Protectionism. The connections between us. Performance of creativity.

Marysa Dowling - Constellations Page Image
Marysa Dowling - Constellations Page Image
Marysa Dowling - Constellations Page Image
Marysa Dowling - Constellations Page Image
Marysa Dowling - Constellations Page Image
Marysa Dowling - Constellations Page Image
Marysa Dowling - Constellations Page Image
Marysa Dowling - Constellations Page Image
Marysa Dowling - Constellations Page Image
Marysa Dowling - Constellations Page Image
Marysa Dowling - Constellations Page Image
Marysa Dowling - Constellations Page Image
Marysa Dowling - Constellations Page Image
Marysa Dowling - Constellations Page Image
Marysa Dowling - Constellations Page Image
Marysa Dowling - Constellations Page Image
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