Melanie Stidolph
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
9 September - 5 November 2005
Melanie Stidolph's new photographs find moments of quiet revelation in the details of everyday life. Stidolph distills an unexpected drama from low-key subjects into still images which range from landscape to portrait compositions. Working spontaneously in a documentary fashion, but with a medium-format camera, Stidolph's people, animals and places become quietly transformed into luminous, highly loaded moments.
Alistair Robinson, Director, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art