Excodra XXVIII: La amistad

Marisa S White
Marisa discovered photography while attending college at the University of North Texas.
Despite her studies for a Drawing & Painting degree, the dark room became a second home;
seduced by the glowing red lights, the smell of fixer, and the ability for paper to suddenly
sprout an image like a magician revealing the prestige of a magic trick. It wasn't long before
she began combining photographs to her paintings, creating conceptual mixed media
collages. It was then that she found her passion with photography, able to capture that
spontaneous and real moment; a truth that is sometimes so fleeting, if only for a second.
Today her work has evolved from the physical realm of collages to the digital world,
focusing on the beauty and depth of conceptual photography. Limited only by imagination
and inspired by current happenings, lyrics and emotions, she creates settings, often touched
with nuances of surrealism. Her images are personal, like old friends, the kind you can't
shake no matter how long they stay. But also the kind you miss when they're gone.
Sometimes autobiographical, sometimes not; there's an element of relativity in each image
that has a tendency to make the viewer stop and take pause.
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