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Photographic Transmutation
The Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) is pleased to announce their latest exhibition Before You Now: Photographic Transmutations. Before You Now: Photographic Transmutations will be on view at MOAH from Saturday, January 25 to Sunday April 13, 2025. The opening reception for the exhibition will be held on Saturday, January 25 from 2 to 4 PM.
Before You Now: Photographic Transmutations features the work of artists Naida Osline, Andrew K. Thompson, Ellen Friedlander, Osceola Refetoff, and Brad Miller. Through traditional and non-traditional methods, these artists transcend the photographic medium, creating works that transcend the two-dimensional plane of standard photography.
Naida Osline
Botany of Transcendence
Naida Osline is a photographer and filmmaker whose work merges conceptual and documentary practices. Balancing studio control with the unpredictability of public spaces, her imagery blurs the organic and synthetic, creating thought-provoking visuals. Since 2009, Osline has explored psychoactive plants in a long-term project examining their connections to creativity, morality, economics, legality, addiction, and spirituality.
Andrew K. Thompson
A Sky Full of Holes
Andrew K. Thompson challenges photography's ideals of perfection through a playful and experimental approach. Guided by a simple “What if?” question, his work embraces research and discovery, exemplified by projects like Melting Cameras, where camera-shaped ice cubes made with Caffenol melt onto black-and-white photographic paper.
Osceola Refetoff
Magic and Realism
Osceola Refetoff is a Canadian American visual artist and photojournalist renowned for his experimental use of infrared and pinhole photography to explore humanity's connection to the physical world. His work blends photojournalism and fine art, producing hyper-realistic yet surreal images.
Ellen Friedlander
The Soul Speaks
Ellen Friedlander’s photography captures life’s imperfections and fleeting moments through bold, complex imagery. Influenced by over a decade in Hong Kong, her work combines in-camera and post-processing techniques, showcasing her technical expertise and fascination with human presence.
Brad Miller
Water Shadows
Brad Miller’s work draws inspiration from the fractal patterns of the physical world, which have been transformed into symbolic motifs across cultures for thousands of years.
Miller’s practice explores archetypal patterns such as spirals, close-packing forms, and dendritic systems.