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2025 Ohio Artist Registry Juried Exhibition
Bio
Leslie Norman is an American lens-based artist. She works in analog b/w film and alternative process photography. Her work explores time and place themes, family connections, and abstract concepts. In addition to working on her own projects and frequent collaborations, she also works as a teaching artist. Currently she lives in the city of Mount Vernon with her family.
Artist Statement
The driving principle in my recent work is to showcase the dynamic relationships between decay or disuse, ancestry/heritage, time/regrets, etc. Other concepts I like to examine are ‘parallel universe theory’, space/time in relation to emotions and places, the life/death cycle, and my personal experiences. Unable to escape reality, photography is a unique art form: my work tweaks and sometimes exploits that principle by incorporating fringe elements of traditional darkroom printing in compelling ways to form a final image. I work mostly with black and white film, usually 35mm or medium format, and alternative processes. A completely analog method is fundamental to my work and personal philosophy.