Presenting Work
Four Photographers on the Labyrinth of Approaching Family as Subject
Allen Frame in Conversation with Kat Shannon, Chloe Scout Nix & Emile Kees
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Allen Frame leads a conversation focused on diverse ideas and approaches to using one’s family as subject matter in photography. He will be joined by other StrudelmediaLive teachers — Kat Shannon, Chloe Scout Nix, and Emile Kees — who not only all work with the theme of family in their photography, but have also all studied with Allen. Kat, Chloe, and Emile will each present their own work, and Allen will share work by Darrel Ellis, an artist who died in 1992 and whose work about his family has been rediscovered. There will be time for a Q&A at the end of the talk.
Kat Shannon is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and educator working in photography, text, and video, currently based between São Paulo, Brazil, and Orlando, Florida. Her work examines notions of intimacy, human connection, gender, community, and culture. She holds degrees in photography from Savannah College of Art and Design (BFA) as well as Bard College (MFA). More about Kat Shannon >
Chloe Scout Nix is an artist and performer from Waxahachie, Texas, currently living in Brooklyn. She graduated with her MFA in photography from Pratt Institute. Her conceptual work focuses on acts of performative intimacy using various modes of performing for the camera that often result in self portraiture. More about Chloe Scout Nix >
Emile Kees is a photographer, darkroom printer, educator and writer living in Edinburgh, Scotland. He graduated from the International Center of Photography in 2023 and has since exhibited across the United States, Europe, and the UK. While operating mainly from his home-built studio darkroom, he continues to host workshops and classes both online and in-person. Kees is a member of Small Table, an international collective, and Peer Matters, an artist development group supported by Photoworks. More about Emile Kees >
Allen Frame is a photographer and writer, based in New York and represented by Gitterman Gallery. He has released four books of photography: Whereupon (Palermo Publishing, 2023); Innamorato (Meteoro Editions, 2023); Fever, (Matte Editions, 2021); and Detour, (Kehrer, 2001). Currently, his work appears in the exhibition Mexichrome at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. His two-person exhibition Lost and Found was presented at Soft Network in New York, in November. He is a winner of the 2017/2018 Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome and CEC Artslink’s Back Apartment Residency in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2019. He has curated numerous exhibitions, including Luxe, Calme, Volupte, which he co-curated with Sergio Bessa at Candice Madey Gallery in 2023. He is an Adjunct Professor of Photography at Pratt Institute (MFA) and also teaches at the School of Visual Arts (BFA), the International Center of Photography in New York, and for StrudelmediaLive.
Allen teaches “The Life You’re In: The Joy and Pathos of Autobiography” for StrudelmediaLive.
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