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Artist's Statement When I take the time to look, most things reveal something to me. When I photograph people, I try to be unobtrusive so they'll let their guard down and let me capture them on the verge of their most private moments. This way, I can help the observer discover something unexpected in the subject. I enjoy staring at things with my camera. Rooms that have just become empty of lives. Little pieces of all of our lives that are overlooked and can now be looked over with a camera. Urban spaces that appear to have been untouched for some time. I like to photograph the parts of life that I would like to paint, shooting them with a painter's eye. I go deep into myself, drawing up experiences and making them new. It may all just be a way of coping though - I never feel better than when I'm photographing. Artist's Story When Natasha Tylea first got a camera at the age of 8, she mostly photographed her room and displays she made with toys. As a teenager living in a small town, she used the camera to stay sane, photographing herself looking glum and full of angst and documenting the dramas she witnessed. Intensely shy, she would sometimes use the camera as a shroud that would allow her to sneak into some sensational scenes. From 1996 to 1999, she studied Russian language and literature, as well as sculptural welding. In 1999, Tylea began teaching sculptural welding at Cooper Union in New York City, showing students majoring in painting how they could control molten metal just as they did paint. In 2000, she added another course at Cooper Union, this one devoted to underwater welding, - specifically, bridge repair. For three months, she took her students under the waters of the East River, where they repaired the tower feet and anchor plates of the Brooklyn Bridge. Tylea's
photography has been exhibited in spaces including:
Among
her sculptural work are four major pieces commissioned by:
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Opening at the Gspot
February 18th. |