Story
Patty’s surreal photography style is influenced by fairytales, literature and life experience and is infused with both meaning and humour, making her approach interesting, inspiring and highly accessible.
Story showcases Patty Maher’s unique style as the reader is taken on a visual journey through the key influences that go into her artmaking. The work is divided into thematic sections that each begin with thoughtful and almost poetic commentary about her inspiration and thought processes. The result is an engaging and delightful visual journey. Patty is widely known for hiding or obscuring the faces of her subjects, using only posture, gesture, symbol and colour to convey emotion and story, with a highly recognizable style that is inspired by literature, fairy tales and surrealist paintings.
In 2013 Yahoo chose to profile Patty Maher’s work as part of a very limited series of videos promoting Flickr’s top photographers. That video went viral, and firmly placed Maher as a prominent artistic voice in the conceptual and fine art photography space. Since then, Maher’s work has been featured in countless online and print publications, garnered numerous prestigious contest wins, been exhibited and sold internationally, and is counted among the permanent roster of artists in several prominent galleries throughout the world. Recently Maher won the 13th edition of the Julia Margaret Cameron award and was awarded a solo show at Fotonostrum Gallery in Barcelona. She was also named a finalist in the prestigious Hassleblad Masters Competition2021 in the Art category.
The Topography of Typography: Mapping a Silent Narrative
Learning to read is a major developmental milestone in children’s lives. Some of us can remember that moment of revelation, when the abstract shapes on the page suddenly rendered up their meaning.
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