* I created the first 50-50 series Childhood II, in Summer 2010 for the 50-50 Show II.

For all of you who can’t make it these nights, the gallery is open from 1-5pm, Fri, Sat and Sunday until the Grand Closing on August 29th.  Admission is free!

Additionally, all of my images (in the order in which they are hung) and the artist statement are displayed below:

Artist Statement| Childhood

Jana Carrey, 2010

In 2007, Childhood began during a phase of experimentation with street documentary photography – as a departure from ethnographic documentary work. I began to temporarily engage with the lives of unknown children as they explored their environments. As the series grew, I sought to capture the “manufactured” boundaries that children met due to the structure of the societies (UK, USA, Portugal, Germany) in which I photographed; boundaries that contrast with the ephemeral and limitless nature of childhood.

Over the course of the 50 days, I embarked on another exploration of childhood and the series took on a new life. I quickly became captivated with the constant motion of children and sought to capture the movement and flow of these energetic little beings. Childhood became a reflection of impermanence: just as children are ever changing and unpredictable, so are the environments in which they are juxtaposed.

To best photograph children at play, I had to exist in the realm of childhood magic, where life unfolds moment by moment. I sought to be led by the uninhibited spirit that moves through these children and to see the world from a perspective where boundaries blur and imagination is real. Observing the world from a child’s point of view, everything becomes new again.  Colors brighten, there is mystery around every corner, the world is full of life.

July 30-August 29, 2010

Ticketed Preview, Thursday, July 29, 7-9pm

Grand Opening, Friday, July 30, 6-10pm

Grand Closing, Saturday, August 29, 1-5pm

My Childhood photographs will be featured in the 50-50 Show II. This year’s show also takes place at the Sanchez Art Center, in Pacifica, CA – just 20 minutes south of San Francisco – and will fill all three galleries. Sixty-nine artists selected by juror Marian Parmenter, co-founder of SFMOMA Artists Gallery, will display the fruits of their fifty days of labor. All work will be for sale at very reasonable prices, so plan to pick up some gems!

My work can be viewed here on my blog. If you see any work that you want to purchase, please contact me and I can reserve it for you in a pre-sale agreement. Additionally, I will be selling my prints on my new on-line store, after the show ends on August 30.

Be among the first to see the 50-50 Show II and reserve your artwork at the Ticketed Preview evening on Thursday, July 29. The number of tickets will be limited, so purchase yours early at Brown Paper Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/116189 or 1-800-838-3006.

Click here to view the roster of other participating artists and link to their blogs or websites.
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