Honorable Mention
Family Bibles. from "Solidifying Roots" series
DESCRIPTION
After the passing of both of my parents, there were boxes and boxes of things that ranged from a sundry of family photos )ranging back to the 1800's) as well as wide variety of items that ranged from artwork, jewelry, furniture to y grandmother's cooking fork.
A bit overwhelmed with all I had accumulated I kept thinking “What do I do with it all?” Feeling the responsibility to preserve my family ancestry, I came up with the concept of photographing the items to hopefully give them permanence. My four children were all named after a family member so I often use the person to whom there was a familial connection in the photo. As I photographed it was also a means to tell them part of their ancestral story.
I feel a deep satisfaction in this work as my heritage bridges to my present, with the exploration through time and generations that such material culture has afforded us.
AUTHOR
Dale Niles is a Georgia based artist born in Norfolk, Virginia. She is known for her diverse photographic interpretations from her black/white and color photographs to her montage storytelling collage photographs. She received her BA in sociology from Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory, NC. Upon graduation she interned as a probation officer but realized this was not her calling. While doing several other vocations she continued her personnel interests which included painting, sculpting and photography, realizing that photography was her art
of choice.
She has exhibited across the United States, Canada and Venice, Italy. Horace Williams House in Chapel Hill, NC; Brickworks Gallery in Atlanta, GA; and Cochran Gallery in LaGrange, GA. Her works are part of the permanent collections at MOCA GA. She has had work exhibited at Rfotofolio's Depth of Field Exhibition-Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA, Civic Center-South Bend, Indiana and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL.
Niles has been featured in publications including Light and Shadow Magazine, SXSE Magazine, Shots, Lenscratch, The Hand Magazine and Oxford America.
2019-2020, a selection of work exhibited at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida; selected for Critical Mass Top 200, 2018 ACP Ones To Watch, the Fence, Atlanta International Airport and the Virginia Twainam Smith Purchase award.
