Heather Sten received her BA in Photography from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA in 2013. She is currently living and working in New York and pirouetting between New York and Los Angeles to work on personal projects or when she is in need of acceptable Mexican food. In 2013, she voyaged through the American South for the project Before The Rain, curated as a fictional story based upon extemporaneous themes borne out of a long drive through strange and unfamiliar landscapes. Today we feature her series, Before The Rain.
Before The Rain
In 2013, I voyaged through the American South for the project Before The Rain, curated as a fictional story based upon extemporaneous themes borne out of a long drive through strange and unfamiliar landscapes. The work is intended to explore discomfort of the uncanny and the sublime cautiously and thoughtfully, tethered by certain elements; going beyond what is normal, but the feeling is still familiar. My imagination is underpinned by a sense of wonder in a new mythology in American landscapes, overgrowth and neglect of the surrounding objects and vegetation, the fragile sense of nostalgia, and the quietness that takes over.
To view more of Heather’s work please visit her website.