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Vicki Marie Stolsen received her MA in
Photography from the University of Washington.
Influenced by the disparate faculty from the
Friends of Photography Workshops she began
The Objet Trouvé Collection in 2004. This ongoing,
film-based body of photographic art continues
to motivate and excite the artist’s creativity. The
artist’s work is described as sophisticated, sexy,
and decorously rich. Her compositions transform
light, liquid, and intoxicating color into bold
blends of painterly beauty.
The Collection title, Objet Trouvés, translates from
the French as “found objects”, and refers to Vicki
Marie’s creative method. In her words,
“In the subjects I choose I’m not looking for
anything in particular, yet I keep exploring,
studying, and finding something worth looking
at. Any arranged still life contains specific
elements – I am deliberate about that – it’s the
raw material for what follows. When I shoot, I
use the camera to excavate the site – to turn
over the rocks, to uncover the fossils. I nudge
the color, look into the shadows, record a bold
stroke of light. You could say I frame the
elegance and I compose the beauty – I let
myself get seduced by the lushness of the set.
When I get the proofs, I repeat the process,
narrowing and refining the image to uncover
ever more detail.”
Vicki Marie is also known for the elegant soirées
that accompany the release of new images.
Produced by her distribution and event
company, Forever Forty-Four, these installations
are always staged in non-gallery venues,
such as restaurants, fashion boutiques, and
warehouse lofts. Vicki Marie believes strongly
that visual art is both a compliment and
essential backdrop to social pleasures that
includes fine liquor, grand food, good music,
and great conversation. Unmoved by
traditional and precious displays of art in a
gallery or museum site, the artist instead
promotes the notion of a gathering place
designed to evoke all the senses.
Importantly, these events also include a
philanthropic opportunity for guests to
contribute, either through direct donations or a
percentage of the sale price directed toward
a benefiting charity. YWCA Hurricane Relief for
Women and Children; Youth In Focus, a
program teaching photography skills to kids at
risk; and the are a few of the recipients of these
cultural events.
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