Collaborations XIII: Deceiving Reality

Grace Wang (The Kinkaid School), Untitled, Archival inkjet print, Courtesy of the artist

Sarah Stein (The Emily Weiner School), Not From Concentrate, from the series Food I, Archival inkjet print, Courtesy of the artist

Kylie Blattman (Cypress Ranch High School), Haligh, haligh, Gelatin silver print, Courtesy of the artist

Claire Dorfman (St. John's School), #2, from the series Critical Studies, Gelatin silver print and gold leaf, Courtesy of the artist

Nate Freeman (The Kinkaid School), I Opened, from the series Puddle of Humanity, Archival Inkjet and Mix-Media, Courtesy of the artist

Madison Halvorson (Cypress Ranch High School), Discussion, from the series Everyday Outlines, Gelatin Silver, Courtesy of the artist

Lillian Lee (St. Thomas Episcopal School), Boy with Bubbles, Archival Inkjet, Courtesy of the artist

Juan Martinez (Cypress Ranch High School), Shed, Gelatin silver print, Courtesy of the artist

Kate Moger (St. Agnes Academy), Breach, from the series Girls, Archival Inkjet, Courtesy of the artist

Jade Partain (Cypress Ranch High School), Please Don't Take, from the series Teenage Memoirs, Gelatin silver print, Courtesy of the artist

HCP’s Collaborations is an educational program that celebrates photography and encourages cooperation and teamwork between Houston-area high school students as they create an exhibition from beginning to end

Now in its eleventh year, Collaborations includes 29 students from ten Houston-area high schools. These teenagers met photography expert every other week in the evenings at HCP to learn from staff and guests, to discuss exhibition planning, to critique photographic work, and to participate in lectures and discussions with artists and photographers from the Houston community.

The young photographers who participated in the program were particularly interested in the inherent reality and construction within a photograph. This has been a topic surrounding photography since the medium was invented. How a photographer or editor chooses to manipulate an image, crop it, or select a particular scene from an event can often question the reality of a situation. This calls to attention the fact that our culture is often influenced by an individual’s (or the media’s) choice to publish a certain image. Are these images representative of that person or event? Or, is it a mask? In this exhibition, these artists emphasize that photography has the power to deceive reality and that, as artists, they as individuals also have the ability to harness that power to expose a truth.

Other Related Programming:
Artist Talks: May 13, 6:30pm

OPENING RECEPTION
May 9, 2014, Friday, 5:30pm–8:00pm

ON VIEW
May 9–July 6, 2014

Collaborations XIII: Deceiving Reality

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