Grey Area

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Grey Area
Fall 2010 Grad Project

Trying my hand at black and white photography did not impress me. I constantly fought the urge to capture the colours that captured me. I  went through countless rolls of film only to be disappointed when all that developed were shades of grey. Although I knew they would turn  out this way, and some were really quite beautiful, I was still disappointed. I longed to revisit the vivid colour that I remembered photographing.

I have been labeled many times as a “colourist”. I seek colour, I am enticed by colour, I understand colour and I enjoy it, colour is my thing, it’s what I do. So why grey? Colour compels me so completely that I was particularly curious to explore its absence in regards to the social, physical, mental and ethical notions of a grey area.

As a colour, grey is classified as the intermediate between black and white, as having zero chroma, or as a neutral shade. Socially, the connotations range considerably. When we define a grey area as a magnitude, a physical space, a mental space, or something that is un-definable and unclear, we can begin to see our lives each as a unique rhythm of continuous grey areas.

Each day we enter into areas and aspects of life that are grey, be it physically, mentally, socially, or ethically. We are constantly within the grey area, and the grey area is constantly within us. Through  the thoughtful compilation and arrangement of literary work including prose, verse, personal narratives, and research-based writings by various authors, let Grey Area guide you through an internal dialogue and appreciation of life’s many inherent grey areas.

Please check out my process blog:
http://ehargreaves-fall2010gradproject.tumblr.com/