Artist Lecture Deborah Bright

Deborah Bright's images in CVA's gallery required attention to detail. Upon first glance these images may have looked like a tourist's quick snapshot, but after the artist's lecture and hearing her speak on what the purpose of the work, Much much more can be gained from each and every photo in her series. Her series called "Battlefield Panoramic" consist of an awesome depiction of historical and forgotten places of battle. She showed many different places of bloodshed that have since long been forgotten, She categorized the images she presented as being something like a "historical memory reclamation" and she drew a great deal of inspiration from the book "Agincourt" which showcased famous battlegrounds. For example, "Bloody lane" was the deadliest day in our countries history, over 41,000 lives were lost on one single day of battle. Deborah s image shows a seemingly normal dirt road with modern fencing over top the land that was once covered in bodies. Morbid thoughts and imagery but that is what fueled her work. She spent a great deal of time on her previous work and not very much time on the work featured in the CVA. Her presentation was awesome and she was extremely intelligent and it showed! I really enjoyed hearing her talk about her different types of work she does. She also talked about her erotic photography involving toy horses in which she drew inspiration from her childhood combined with her own sexual desires she is trying to depict. She has spoken and shown her work at endless amounts of universities and museums throughout the country. Her work is even showcased in numerous countries on the other side of the world! It was awesome to have an opportunity to hear such an accomplished artist.