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Annie Musselman is raising funds for her photography project. In order to receive contributions the project must be funded in full by 1/16/13. kickstarter.com/projects/1949643029/find-the-funds-for-finding-trust
From Annie: Kehrer Verlag, an elite publishing house in Germany intends to publish Finding Trust in 2013. I am raising half of the funds needed through Kickstarter and KV will provide the rest needed to publish.
Here is a little bit more about how I found Sarvey and also my artist statement below.
The work I produce documents the delicate union that exists between humans and animals. It's not just the actual places where were our lives often intersect, like a park or forest, but the spaces where our emotions meet. When a creature on an examining table turns toward my camera, I see the universal reactions of pain and confusion in its eyes. The work documents the infirmed animals' recovery with a sense of wonder as they heal, hoping to return to the wild forests of the Northwest. I hope to capture the palpable emotions in my photographs because I can't help but contemplate how much we actually know about each other. Finding Trust, the photo essay, began 6 years ago at the Sarvey Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, a small sanctuary 75 miles north of Seattle, Washington where I live and work as a photographer. In 2002 when my mother passed away, I was left looking for something to hold on to, something real to photograph, and found the Sarvey Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. Located in the foothills of the beautiful Cascade Mountain Range, it is a place where injured, wild creatures come to finish their journey or start a new one. It's a place where I've seen love, trust and intuition that equals that of a mother and child; a home where a few humans have come together to save the lives of many precious creatures. I believe we must take care of each other in order to survive. My goal is to present the very important relationship and obligation we have to these animals. I struggled with this project in many ways. Most importantly, I had to get the dirty work done before I could take pictures. I cleaned cages, fed and intubated animals, cut meat, gave medications, etc. Gaining the trust of the amazing people I work with took time, but eventually they saw that my love for these animals was huge...that I was one of them. I struggled with harsh fluorescent lighting, limited time for pictures during moments of crisis with the animals, constant stress from sick and dying animals, all the while looking for moments to photograph the beauty around me. It took a long time before I understood what I wanted to say with these pictures and why I was inspired there. The more I was around these animals, the more I saw their inner beauty and intelligence and the more frustrated I became by our world and how much of nature is neglected or destroyed. I believe the wild creatures among us embody the instinct and love we have lost, and with this I realized more and more the purpose of my work. I received my BFA at Principia College in 1996 after a photography apprenticeship in Marseilles, France. Finding Trust won first place in the 2006 Environmental Photography Invitational and was featured in American Photography 22 and 25. My work has been exhibited at the Seattle Public Library Downtown, The Photographic Center Northwest in "A Delicate Balance", Critical Mass 2010, The Alice Austen House Museum, NYC 2009 and at the Ansel Adams Gallery in Nappa Valley, CA. With the intention of expanding my work with animals, I visited Borneo to study and document endangered orangutans in sanctuaries, this work appeared in Newsweek Aug. 11, 2009. The outcome of this experience is the beginning of a new body of work I call For The Innocent.
Bio: Annie Marie was born south of Seattle in a quiet town surrounded by deep forests and cold water. As a child, she trailed behind her father as he captured the landscape in watercolors.
She majored in studio art at a small Mid western college called Principia, and spent a year studying photography in Marseilles, France.
Musselman was chosen as a Critical Mass Top 50 in 2010 and was one of two photographers chosen to receive the Getty Images Grant for Good and also the Washington 4Culture grant that same year. Finding Trust has received press in several magazines including PDN ( Annie and The Wild Animals), National Geographic Magazine, Marie Claire China, American Photography 22 and 25 and won first place in Art Wolf's Environmental Photography Invitational. Finding Trust has been exhibited at the Burke Museum and PCNW in Seattle as well as the Alice Austen House, NYC, Burn Magazine, Burn-ed Garden in Texas, and the Ansel Adams Gallery in Nappa Valley. Musselman's work can be seen in Outside, National Geographic Magazine, American Photography 25, Bon Appetit, NRDC, Elle, Travel + Leisure, Mother Jones and Newsweek among others.
Annie Musselman is raising funds for her photography project. In order to receive contributions the project must be funded in full by 1/16/13. kickstarter.com/projects/1949643029/find-the-funds-for-finding-trust
From Annie: Kehrer Verlag, an elite publishing house in Germany intends to publish Finding Trust in 2013. I am raising half of the funds needed through Kickstarter and KV will provide the rest needed to publish.
Here is a little bit more about how I found Sarvey and also my artist statement below.
The work I produce documents the delicate union that exists between humans and animals. It's not just the actual places where were our lives often intersect, like a park or forest, but the spaces where our emotions meet. When a creature on an examining table turns toward my camera, I see the universal reactions of pain and confusion in its eyes. The work documents the infirmed animals' recovery with a sense of wonder as they heal, hoping to return to the wild forests of the Northwest. I hope to capture the palpable emotions in my photographs because I can't help but contemplate how much we actually know about each other. Finding Trust, the photo essay, began 6 years ago at the Sarvey Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, a small sanctuary 75 miles north of Seattle, Washington where I live and work as a photographer. In 2002 when my mother passed away, I was left looking for something to hold on to, something real to photograph, and found the Sarvey Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. Located in the foothills of the beautiful Cascade Mountain Range, it is a place where injured, wild creatures come to finish their journey or start a new one. It's a place where I've seen love, trust and intuition that equals that of a mother and child; a home where a few humans have come together to save the lives of many precious creatures. I believe we must take care of each other in order to survive. My goal is to present the very important relationship and obligation we have to these animals. I struggled with this project in many ways. Most importantly, I had to get the dirty work done before I could take pictures. I cleaned cages, fed and intubated animals, cut meat, gave medications, etc. Gaining the trust of the amazing people I work with took time, but eventually they saw that my love for these animals was huge...that I was one of them. I struggled with harsh fluorescent lighting, limited time for pictures during moments of crisis with the animals, constant stress from sick and dying animals, all the while looking for moments to photograph the beauty around me. It took a long time before I understood what I wanted to say with these pictures and why I was inspired there. The more I was around these animals, the more I saw their inner beauty and intelligence and the more frustrated I became by our world and how much of nature is neglected or destroyed. I believe the wild creatures among us embody the instinct and love we have lost, and with this I realized more and more the purpose of my work. I received my BFA at Principia College in 1996 after a photography apprenticeship in Marseilles, France. Finding Trust won first place in the 2006 Environmental Photography Invitational and was featured in American Photography 22 and 25. My work has been exhibited at the Seattle Public Library Downtown, The Photographic Center Northwest in "A Delicate Balance", Critical Mass 2010, The Alice Austen House Museum, NYC 2009 and at the Ansel Adams Gallery in Nappa Valley, CA. With the intention of expanding my work with animals, I visited Borneo to study and document endangered orangutans in sanctuaries, this work appeared in Newsweek Aug. 11, 2009. The outcome of this experience is the beginning of a new body of work I call For The Innocent.
Bio: Annie Marie was born south of Seattle in a quiet town surrounded by deep forests and cold water. As a child, she trailed behind her father as he captured the landscape in watercolors.
She majored in studio art at a small Mid western college called Principia, and spent a year studying photography in Marseilles, France.
Musselman was chosen as a Critical Mass Top 50 in 2010 and was one of two photographers chosen to receive the Getty Images Grant for Good and also the Washington 4Culture grant that same year. Finding Trust has received press in several magazines including PDN ( Annie and The Wild Animals), National Geographic Magazine, Marie Claire China, American Photography 22 and 25 and won first place in Art Wolf's Environmental Photography Invitational. Finding Trust has been exhibited at the Burke Museum and PCNW in Seattle as well as the Alice Austen House, NYC, Burn Magazine, Burn-ed Garden in Texas, and the Ansel Adams Gallery in Nappa Valley. Musselman's work can be seen in Outside, National Geographic Magazine, American Photography 25, Bon Appetit, NRDC, Elle, Travel + Leisure, Mother Jones and Newsweek among others.
