my own wilderness

• Photographer
  Patricia van de Camp
• Prizes
  Bronze in Fine Art/Landscape

In My Own Wilderness Patricia van de Camp uses an old hunting technique to blind animals with a spotlight. The animals are standing as a statue in the strong light so a hunter can shoot or capture them easily. In the images of Patricia van de Camp the animals are greeted and admired instead of being harmed. The central theme of My Own Wilderness is the loss of intimacy between human beings and animals. The images do have an alienating effect because the deer and the rabbits are not alive anymore; they are stuffed. They are honored by bringing them back into their natural environment and being photographed as if they were still alive.