Sticks, stones & bones: images from transient landscapes.In the early nineties I began to photograph in Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. . I am fascinated by the atmosphere of suspended time caused by the isolation of the iron curtain Iron Curtain Political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern European allies from open contact with the West and other noncommunist areas. and the many changes that took place in the Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. after the Velvet Revolution in 1989. I witnessed a culture in transition and I found myself transformed by my experiences there. The changes effected both positive and negative results. I began photographing with a sense of nostalgia and regret for the things, both good and bad, that would disappear under the onslaught of change. All change is inevitable; things change or decay, are lost, and are swept away by death and/or evolution. Both are to be regretted and celebrated. I continue to photograph in Eastern Europe and also in the deep South of the United States. Although seemingly incongruous sites, I find similarities in their stubborn adherence to their respective cultural identities. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Annette Fournet has exhibited her photographs at museums and cultural centers such as the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, Denmark Fotomuseum in Herning, New Orleans Museum of Art The New Orleans Museum of Art (often referred to as NOMA) in New Orleans, Louisiana, was established in 1911 as the Delgado Museum of Art with a bequest from Isaac Delgado. , Houston Center for Photography, and Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Art in Buffalo, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . In addition, her work has been collected by the Bibliotheque Nationale, San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts The Museum of Photographic Arts or MoPA is a museum located in San Diego’s historic Balboa Park. MoPA officially opened in 1983, with Arthur Ollman being the first Executive Director for the museum. , Prague House of Photography, and Ogdon Museum of Southern Art, among other venues. Fournet currently lives in New Orleans, Louisiana; Memphis, Tennessee; and Prague, Czech Republic. She is the founder and Director Emeritus of Prague Summer Photography Program. |
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