Understory
by Meghan Kirkwood
Exhibition Dates: January through June 2023
Location: Post-Security, Concourse East Wall
With the aid of a sUAS (drones) a photographer can access views that are unavailable at ground level. sUAS can be flown legally up to 400 feet in unrestricted airspace, heights that afford expansive views of familiar places and generate abstracted images of spaces below viewers associate with aerial photography.
However, as an Artist, Kirkwood often find more inspiration in what a drone sees 20-50 feet above the ground than at 400. At these altitudes she can photograph between branches, among the tree canopy, and deep within a meadow at a distance from walking paths. This series brings together “low altitude” views of parts of Forest Park that cannot be accessed from the ground-level. Together, these photographs present views of a beloved city space reflective of what a visitor may imagine as they travel through the park’s paths and roads.
About the Artist: Meghan Kirkwood
Meghan Kirkwood is a St. Louis-based photographer whose work looks at the ways landscape imagery can contribute to and advance public conversations around land use, infrastructure, and planning. She works as an Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis where she serves as area head of Photography. She earned a B.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design in Photography before completing her M.F.A. in Studio Art at Tulane University and PhD at the University of Florida. Her photography has been exhibited throughout the United States, Europe, Thailand, Mexico, and South Africa
To learn more, visit MeghanKirkwood.com
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