Revisiting Past Exposures by Matthew Terry

Revisiting Past Exposures is inspired by the idea that when you see a place, an image of it is created in your mind, and until revisiting this location, you view it as your mind previously saw it. Sometimes, upon returning, you realize things aren’t quite as you remembered, and these two sections of time don’t blend so smoothly into one another. My project attempts to recreate this experience through presenting handheld printed images aligned with modern scenes. This is an experience I feel most people can relate to. This project is equal parts final product, preparation, and process, placing great significance on the time that passes between shooting the first image, making a physical print, and then aligning this print for the final “present day” image.

About The Artist

Matthew Terry is a Contemporary Photographer and a graduate of the Academy of Art University, where he attained his BFA-Photography with a focus in Fine Art Photography in December of 2014. Currently located in Iowa/The Quad City area, Matthew picked up his first film camera in 2004 at age 16, and since then has exhibited and sold work at galleries in Rome, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Colorado, Kansas City, Baltimore, and more. Additionally, seeing work published both Nationally (Iowa, Vermont, New York, Atlanta) and internationally (Italy, England).