POSTED: 05 MARCH 2011

McLean focuses on the sacred in the everyday

Sydney-based photographic artist Caroline McLean (née Foldes) obtained her BFA Honours degree in 1997, majoring in film and video, but has since moved to the still photographic image, concentrating on the beauty and the emotion she believes a single photograph can capture.

In her latest series of work, Sacred Landscape, there is an absence of human life.

“Human life somehow loses its significance in the grander narrative of time and space,” said McLean.

Instead her focus is on the simple contours and luminous colours of the landscape and the spiritual essence they can evoke. These are all Australian landscapes, yet they could be anywhere in the world.

“My photographic vision involves focusing on the sacred in the everyday,” said McLean.

“My raison d’être as a photographer is to discover and capture the beauty in everything. I love creating images that are contemplative … that may capture a spiritual light … or a certain stillness. I see these vignettes as everyday miracles. Beauty is always around us, to admire and share.”

The exhibition will run at Meyer Gallery (269 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney) from 24 March to 3 April. It has been curated by Sandy Edwards, artistic director of ARTHERE.

*Based media release issued by Meyer Gallery and ARTHERE.

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