Posted By Toni
Margot's Website
Since graduating from Dartmouth in 1999, Margo Quan Knight has had nine solo shows and has showcased her work in over 60 publications. Her work covers a wide variety of content and tone but there is still an underlying consistency. She say that, "My photographs use fantasy to trim away the fat of reality, to expose possiblities." Her work results in a complex mix of emotions that focus on the human body and finding the surreal in everyday life.
When Margot has a project in mind it gets very intense. Her work usually involves etensive reasearch at the library and making props then gets bigger from there. She can go through 2-3 cycles of a search period before she makes a final decision. Most of her images are done with more work on props and less work in photoshop. She uses everything a old Light Bright to a Mamiya 645 Pro for cameras.
What interests me most is the surrealism in all her pieces. In some you might have to look close but it's there. She takes simple everyday things and makes us think twice about them .
I also love the way in the majority of her images the color is really saturated, but not intense.
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