Rapture #28, 2017

Caption: Rapture: a feeling of intense pleasure; joyous ecstasy; the expression of ecstatic joy. Before electricity people’s lives were directed by natural light. They watched it for signs of good weather and bad and for the change of seasons. Now we check in with our weather app. Natural light often goes unnoticed as we hasten to turn on lights when the sky darkens or slip into the fluorescent gloom of our offices. But, when we have the opportunity to experience light in its purest form it can scare or cheer us; make even the most mundane spot seem romantic. 19th century painters understood the drama of light. They painted the moments when the clouds opened and “divine” light fell on the land.

Bio: Kristin Holcomb is an artist, educator, and travel photographer. Her recent solo and 2-person shows include Boundaries, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY, In the Silences: A Retrospective, Knox Gallery, St. James, NY and Chasing the Light: Lynn Saville & Kristin Holcomb, fotofoto, Huntington, NY. Her recent group exhibitions include The Artist’s Studio, BRIC, Brooklyn, NY; Women by Women, Terni, Umbria, Italy; What’s in a Landscape?, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; and Flora, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS.

Holcomb received her MFA from Pratt Institute. Her work has been published in the Chicago Sun-Times, The International Herald Tribune, International Investor Magazine, Landmarks of New York III, and Newsday.

Size: 18x24 Print

Photographer's Website: http://www.kristinholcombphotography.com/