E L L Y N N S H O R T
Ellynn Short, born in Massachusetts, has resided in New York City for many years. Her photographic efforts are a result of discovering the organic images within those we are conditioned to see in our individual dailyness. She feels that her fundamental artistic inclination lies in the recognition of these commonly disregarded elements which unwittingly provoke the viewer's imagination.
Much of her early work has appeared in commercial and industrial design magazines. She has also photographed numerous network and cable television shows. She has since developed a strong direction in fine art photography and various aspects of this work has been juried into the 1994-1998 annual Lincoln Center exhibitions. She has also participated in the 1997 Center for Emerging Art's invitational exhibition in Miami, Florida. In 2002 one of her sepia prints depicting forty second street prior to it's gentrification appeared in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She has been selected as a Chelsea Global Showcase 2006 Competition winner.
Recent projects include a series in sepia documenting the tension between the trends and spirit of cumulative eras of Manhattan's Upper West Side; a collection in black and white of architectural detail found in the old cast iron buildings of Soho. Her historical exposition extends further downtown to engage the cultural sweep of the Lower East Side in sepia; the Meatpacking District in color and the original Fulton Fish Market in black and white. However, her primary creative thrust has been a continuing exploration of "Wild Palms", abstractions of their numerous varieties, informing their unexpected edginess with luxuriant color and light values. Selections of these were exhibited in 2002 at the Agora gallery in Soho.
Ellynn Short
Email: edsclick@verizon.net
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