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| "Andrea Modica" by Francesco Nonino |
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| From "Fountain" Project |
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| From "Fountain" Project |
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| From "Treadwell" Project |
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| From "Italy" Project |
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| From "Italy" Project |
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| From "Human" Project |
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| From "Minor League" Project |
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| From "Minor League" Project |
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| From "Portrait" Project |
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| From "Portrait" Project |
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| From "Still Life" Project |
Many thanks to Andrea Modica for her kind cooperation, and for allowing me to feature her work here on my blog.
Andrea Modica Biography:
For almost fifteen years, Andrea Modica photographed a family in her rural town in upstate New York. It is here, through a young girl named Barbara and her extended family, that Modica created her work from the series "Treadwell". Transforming reality into fantasy, Modica creates narratives that seem to have no beginning or end, yet present endless scenarios.
In a fictitious town called Treadwell, Barbara and her friends pose for the photographer, who creates images with an 8" x 10" view camera. Like Faulkner's Jefferson County or Cheever's Shady Hill, Modica's Treadwell is a place where anything is possible. Through intense collaboration and trust, events unfold before our eyes, questioning our sense of reality.
Andrea Modica is one of photography's most important image-makers. Her work has been exhibited across the country and is in many collections, such as The Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. A MFA graduate of Yale University, she is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship among many other prestigious awards. Andrea's work has been featured in many magazines, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and American Photo to name a few. Her five books, including "Minor League" and "Treadwell" have met with critical acclaim. Andrea teaches at the International Center for Photography, the Woodstock Photography Workshops and the Santa Fe Workshops. She currently teaches at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
