INFRARED VISION

Black & White Photographs from Infrared Film

Merideth Grierson's solo exhibition of gelatin silver prints will be held at Gamma Black & White from October 3 to November 25, 2011. An opening reception will be held on Friday, October 14 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

A self-taught photographer, Ms. Grierson has been experimenting with infrared film since 1980, manipulating its effects through different film speeds, developers and light sources to create stark glowing contrasts or grainy surreal images. Her first images were often sequential series conveying isolation. More recent themes involve movement, especially of water, and the environment.

Her infrared work was first shown in a solo exhibit at the Eye Gallery in 1981; since then it has been exhibited in group shows at the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco Women Artists, the Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, the Artisans Gallery, and the Scott Nichols Gallery. It was most recently published in Zyzzyva.

All Images © Merideth Grierson