AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHER Born in 1987 in Tweed Heads, NSW She lives and works in Los Angeles
Anna Carey is an Australian-born artist whose work overlaps photography, model-making, film and drawing. Through memory and imagination, she creates fictive architectural spaces based on familiar iconic architecture which she photographs. The camera lens magnifies the model with all its imperfections and reminds the viewer that the photograph has been constructed with a miniature materialized object.. The photograph magnifies the miniature, reminding the viewer that the transient space is a constructed object. This aims to reawaken imaginations for the viewer by creating a space of stillness and reflection for one to drift between reality and daydreams – for rediscovering the universe that is inside ourselves.
Take a long look at the photos below. Her work speaks for herself. It is intriguing, mysterious and yet you have the feeling that you know that place. You’re sure you’ve seen it before when on the road to Las Vegas or on your way to Phoenix right? Absolutely not. These motels come from Carey’s imagination. She pays attention to details when creating the motels, but not too many because she wants those places look like they are abandoned, like the reflection of an old story.
517 North Vine Street, Hollywood…then 2015, 70 x 105cm Giclee print edition 3/7
517 North Vine Street, Hollywood…now 2015, 70 x 105cm Giclee print edition 4/7
