Back in 2000 I took a sabbatical from my job and spent 3 months travelling in Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington. I was pretty serious about photography and shot a bunch of 35mm slide film along the way. As it turned out the Motel 6 chain was in the process of renovating all of their motels in the West and every night I was staying in a different brand new Motel 6. I started shooting the interiors and produced a series of photographs that I eventually framed and installed in the men's room at my office in downtown Durham. They had the characteristic sickly green tint of unfiltered fluorescent lights and became a celebrated permanent installation. Fastforward 11 years and I get a notice in the mail about a gallery in Charlotte that has put out an artist call for entry for NC photographers for a show called Eyes of Carolina. The show was to be juried by the director of the NC Museum of Art Larry Wheeler. I forwarded the notice to all of my photographer friends and my friend MJ dared me to enter the Motel 6 series. To my shock and delight my work was chosen along with 4 other talented NC photographers for a 3 month show at DOMA Gallery in Charlotte. If you get to Charlotte check it out. Otherwise, here is the series!
Enjoy.
It's Saturday night and I'm looking forward to Sunday's exhibition of cigar box art at Cassilhaus, when low and behold I stumble into your blog. I just love the Motel 6 work, especially the AC/Heating unit under curtain photo.
Sherry K.
Posted by: Sherry Kinlaw | October 08, 2011 at 18:26