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Heather

Heather Marie Gladden

Our bodies are an ongoing progression of movement and energy. Thoughts and emotions change constantly and manifest themselves through physical movement. As the human figure moves through space it is bending and unfolding leaving a history of long unique forms behind. Thought and emotion are recalled as the figure traverses these ebbs and flows capturing the simple elegance of motion and using it to create a visual journey of the soul.


I find this series to be a contemporary response to the earlier works of chronophotographers such as Étienne-Jules Marey and Eadweard Muybridge. I have used their studies of movement to better my understanding of how the body moves and also as an inspiration for my own personal works.


I’ve also studied the works of Marcel Duchamp to see how he approached the essence of the human figure. His painting “Nude Descending a Staircase” along with Eliot Elisofon’s photograph, “Duchamp Descending a Staircase” were crucial influences in how I approached my series. The rich, deep colors and contrast presented in my works are meant to be reminiscent of Renaissance and Baroque paintings. I looked to Caravaggio and Rembrandt for inspiration due to the way they addressed the human figure and its emergence from heavy shadows moving toward a curtain of light.


Through my art, I am transforming the body from a familiar and tangible solid into a surreal wisp of motion. These photographs are not only documentation of the body's physical appearance, but are also glimpses at the emotional sensation painted by its movements. The models themselves become so abstracted that they turn into fantasy narratives for the viewer to follow. The physical form of the human body becomes the medium through which the story is told.