for dear life

Angela Shaffer

S O L O   S H O W

6.4.2024 / 27.4.2024 

 

 

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“Motherhood magnifies the severity and fragility of time. As my son rapidly grows into new versions of himself, I beg for time to slow. These photographs are a response to the emotional labor of motherhood in relation to the persistence of time. Staged tableaus depict my neuroses as fictions.
Functioning as both document and metaphor, the images reference impermanence, loss, fear, and uncertainty of what lies ahead.
With a mixture of sentiment and anxiety, the control I bring to the image making feels necessary to wrestle with my son’s burgeoning independence. As he continues to age, I attempt to contain him. Time is a thief and photographs become a way to cope”.

 

 

TAPIIAL VIRTUAL GALLERY

 
 Birthday Balloon, 2022, Archival
Inkjet Print, 16 x 20 in.

 

 

 

 
 Teeth, 2022, Archival Inkjet
Print, 16 x 20 in.

 

 

 

 
The Cardinal Forest, 2022,
Archival Inkjet Print, 16 x 20 in.

 

 

 
Collections & Shadows, 2022,
Archival Inkjet Print, 16 x 20 in.

 

 

 

 
Knobby Knees, 2022, Archival
Inkjet Print, 16 x 20 in.

 

 

 
Splintered Trees, 2022, Archival
Inkjet Print, 16 x 20 in.

 

 

 

 
Dead Snake, 2022, Archival
Inkjet Print, 16 x 20 in.

 

 

 
 Snow Impression, 2022, Archival
Inkjet Print, 16 x 20 in.

 

 

 

 
Wrinkled Hands, 2022, Archival
Inkjet Print, 24 x 30 in.

 

 

 

 
 Preservation, 2022, Archival
Inkjet Print, 16 x 20 in.

 

 

 

 
Hiding, 2022, Archival Inkjet
Print, 16 x 20 in.

 

 

 

 
On the Edge, 2022, Archival
Inkjet Print, 20 x 30 in.

 

 

 

 
Containment, 2022, Archival
Inkjet Print, 20 x 30 in.

 

 

 

 
Avoidance, 2022, Archival Inkjet
Print, 20 x 30 in.

 

 

 

 
 Moth’s web, 2022, Archival Inkjet
Print, 24 x 30 in.

 

 

 

 
Shatter, 2022, Archival Inkjet
Print, 16 x 24 in.

 

 

 

 
Veiled Window, 2022, Archival
Inkjet Print, 24 x 30 in.

 

 

 

 

 

Bio


Angela Shaffer is a photographer working to bring visibility to hidden aspects of mothering. In doing so she explores the psychology, vulnerability, and banality of motherhood. Her work hasbeen featured in exhibitions with Serchia Gallery (Bristol, UK), Ortega Y Gasset Projects (NY), Woman Made Gallery (IL), The Artist/ Mother Podcast (TN), The University of Iowa (IA), and the Sheldon Galleries(MO). Angela was a Finalist for the Palm Photo Prize 2022 and she was a 2021 Critical Mass Finalist with PhotoLucida.
Angela (b. 1983, Pennsylvania, USA) received her B.S. in Art Education from Asbury University and was a High School Art Teacher for five years in Garrard County, KY. She currently lives in Columbia, MO where she is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the University of Missouri’s School of Visual Studies.

 

 

Angela Shaffer

@angtakesphotos

www.angelareneeshaffer.com

 

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