Stacy Ericson | Fayetville, Arkansas USA

Our modern lives have lost some of the powerful imagery and symbolism that once illuminated human existence. If we can catch some of that numinous echo and sacred pop in photographic images or in words, then our work pushes us all forward. Photography in the new millennium is a medium evolving at a rapid rate. The opportunity to connect with the world in a given moment, to stop time, to submit to it and to value both movement and stillness make this the perfect medium for me.

I try to catch the inner light of subjects and objects and am strongly drawn to blur imagery. Blur images have a life of their own, as if the stillness of inanimate object or the slow-growing plant is dissolved, capturing their inner life of eternal movement. Even the stones wear away and nothing is truly motionless. Since we equate life with motion, the dry bones speak in this type of photography.

Many of my images may at first seem to be in focus, but in actuality I move the camera. The result, to my eye, reflects a strange combination of light and texture that emphasizes the form and grace of inanimate objects. Something about the lack of clarity speaks to themes of time and spirit more efficiently than a "normal" photograph. An “in focus” photograph sends a message more clearly, and is perhaps comparable to an essay or short story, while a blurred photograph communicates more like an oblique form of poetry, perhaps like modernist verse, a koan, or haiku.

I also work in portraiture and sometimes take photographs that are in “focus.”  At all times I am seeking strong lines, strong light, elements of distance and intimacy, and a fortuitous connection. 

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