Artist Statement

I am interested in the transformative possibilities of photographing the interactions of light with glass, embracing the fluidity and versatility of this amorphous solid. Glass as a medium that refracts and reflects light acts as a portal that turns the invisible into shape unavailable to the naked eye.  With a unique approach to photography and photo arts media, I aim to explore the boundaries of perception and reality through the manipulation of light, color, and form, where the process, at times, thins the border between the visual and other sensory modalities. My creative process always starts with a self-made photograph of light or a combination of several photos that I transmute into something completely new.  Whilst I draw my inspiration from the photographers Stieglitz, Minor White and Ernst Haas, more so, I am drawn to the classic and contemporary painters from Turner, Friedrich, and Kandinsky to Rothko, Frankenhaler, and Turrell.  I appreciate the element of chance and intuition and prefer not to have preconceived ideas about the final product where my mind is free to roam, immersed in my creative space.

Frances Seward 2025