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Julie Blackmon (born 1966 in Springfield, Missouri) is a photographer who lives and works in Missouri. Blackmon's photographs are inspired by her experience of growing up in a large family, her current role as both mother and photographer, and the timelessness of family dynamics.〔Blackmon, Julie. (Artist Statement (color work) ). Accessed on Oct. 15, 2010〕 As the oldest of nine children and mother to three, Blackmon uses her own family members and household to "move beyond the documentary to explore the fantastic elements of our everyday lives."〔 Blackmon aims to re-contextualize classical art-historical motifs by melding them with the personal experience of her own frenzied upbringing. Influenced by the masters of the Dutch Renaissance, most specifically the work of Jan Steen, Blackmon infuses her work with a distinctively Dutch sense of light, palette and use of iconography. Also influenced by the Modernist painter Balthus, Blackmon crafts busy scenes in which time stands still - leaving the viewer to anticipate what might happen in the next moment. The coupling of these two influences produces tension between subjects in an otherwise typical domestic setting in which playful behavior in infused with an ever present sense of impending disaster. ==Work== Blackmon studied art at Missouri State University where she became interested in photography and the work of photographers such as Sally Mann and Diane Arbus. Drawing extensively on her personal experiences and relationships, Blackmon adds an element of humor and fantasy to create works that touch on both the everyday and the fictitious.〔Nordström, Alison. “Interview with Julie Blackmon” in Domestic Vacations. (Santa Fe, N.M.: Radius Books, 2008).〕 ''Mind Games'', Blackmon’s first major body of work, explores childhood play through a series of black and white images that deal with the external objects and internal imagination through which play is derived. In 2004, the series won her an honorable mention in Project Competition〔Project Competition's web page is (here ).〕 hosted by the Santa Fe Center for Photography and a merit award from the Society of Contemporary Photography in Kansas City, MO.〔Greene, Kendra. ("Julie Blackmon" ) for the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago.〕 Following ''Mind Games'', Blackmon switched to color film, and created the body of work ''Domestic Vacations.''〔Nordström, "Interview with Julie Blackmon"〕 Its photographs of family life appear at once disorderly and playful and at times impossible. Blackmon says that the images in her series ''Domestic Vacations'' recall the tableaux of 17th century Dutch and Flemish painters, notably the chaotic familial scenes of Jan Steen.〔 Tailored environments and carefully placed props are often a feature of her work. Blackmon’s most recent monograph of work, ''Homegrown'', picks up where ''Domestic Vacations'' left off. Following the same formula developed in ''Domestic Vacations, Homegrown'' demonstrates a further refinement of technique in regards to composition and structure. Where the previous collection was set primarily within the confines of the home, ''Homegrown'' looks to those places outside the house that are common in one’s upbringing. The local market, beauty salon and fields behind the house are equally familiar to us and shape our childhood just as much as our homes do. It is these locales that become the backdrop for disjointed scenes; in ''Picnic'' three babies sit in a pram overlooking the layout for a picnic while not far off men are shooting birds with shotguns. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Julie Blackmon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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