Enchantment
A Radiant Aberration & zoneFIVE Exhibition
Exhibition opening reception
April 4th, 2025, 5-7 pm
zoneFIVE, 1902 E. Boulder St., Colorado Springs
Statement from our juror Anne Berry
The ordinary, through the artist’s eye, becomes something more. Searching for glimpses of magic in everyday moments is my passion, and I am honored to have been able to spend time contemplating each of these images. Analogue methods give photographs a tactile quality and a sense of mystery often absent in digital images. While unable to judge the physical prints, I could get a sense of how, through the hand of the artists, these images became elevated through alchemy into much more than straight documentary records. It was an incredibly hard task to select only twelve images for the gallery and another twelve for the online exhibition, and I had to leave behind many compelling images. I’m grateful to all the participating artists for creating and sharing such lovely work.
In selecting the works for this exhibition, I chose images that worked together to make a cohesive statement. I considered both content and the execution of the idea. Of course, I wanted to feel astonished, to see something familiar presented in a new way. But an image lacks power if it is not also well-crafted. All the elements in a photograph should support the artist's intention. I looked for the mastery of light and shadow, skilled placement of color or form and for images where nothing in the frame distracts from the artist’s design. The images in Enchantment, even if the subject is simple, make the viewer linger, and wonder.
Juror: Anne Berry
Anne Berry is an artist from Atlanta, Georgia. Ode to Enchantment is a 2024 Critical Mass Top 50 portfolio. Berry's photographs investigate the animal world, the domain of childhood, and the terrain of the Southern wilderness. The memories, stories and settings of Berry’s Southern upbringing have influenced her work, infusing it with a darkly romantic and southern gothic feeling. In 2013 and 2014 Critical Mass included Berry’s work in their Top 50 Portfolios. She has had solo exhibitions at the Centre for Visual and Performing Arts in Newnan, GA, The Lamar Dodd Art Center in LAGrange, GA and The Rankin Arts Center in Columbus, GA. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including The Fox Talbot Museum in Lacock, England, SCAN Tarragona in Spain, The Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Arts in New Orleans. Books include Through Glass (North Light Press, 2014), Primates (21st Editions, 2017), and Behind Glass, (2021). Berry’s work is featured in National Geographic Proof, Feature Shoot, Hufffington Post and Lens Culture, among others. Her work is in many permanent collections, including the National Gallery of Art. Berry curated Touching Magic, Scenes from an Enchanted Wilderness, an exhibition for SlowExposures Photography Festival which traveled to the Path Museum, Atlanta, GA.
We are excited to be partnering with zoneFIVE Studios to present this juried photography exhibition in Colorado Springs. ZoneFIVE is an active arts space hosting exhibitions, events, and workshops, and is home to a community of art professionals and practitioners dedicated to the artistic process. ZoneFIVE offers a creative environment with working artist studios and arts-focused businesses. The collaborative, event, exhibition, and learning space provides a venue for deepening connections with the wider community through authentic making, preservation, professional practice, and art appreciation.