Underwater Mosaic
$1,250.00
Artist: Edith Levy
Medium: Photography
Artist Statement:
This image emerged from a moment of close attention to a place that can only be understood by looking slowly. Seen from above, the surface becomes both landscape and abstraction: a terrain shaped by mineral, water, time, and distance. What first appears as a pattern reveals itself as a record of interaction, where natural forces have inscribed a kind of visual memory into the land. In relation to Out of Place, I am interested in how place is never fixed. It is something we move through physically, but also something we carry mentally and emotionally. By shifting perspective, this work asks the viewer to consider how distance alters perception, and how looking can transform familiarity into something strange, fragile, and expansive. The image exists in that in-between space — between body and land, observation and immersion, recognition and disorientation. Through this work, I hope to invite a slower form of seeing, one that acknowledges place as layered, unstable, and alive with traces of change.
Artist Biography:
Based in Toronto, Edith’s early travels through Israel and Europe sparked a lifelong passion for photography and exploration. With over 30 years of experience in photography and the creative arts, she holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University in Montreal. Edith’s work spans landscape and people photography, blending realism with imagination. Her fine art practice is centered on original photographic works of books she hand-folds and sculpts into intricate, whimsical forms. Through this process, she transforms familiar objects into dynamic visual narratives that challenge the notion of static imagery. In addition to her artistic practice, Edith is an active educator and is regularly invited to speak at photography clubs and organizations across Toronto. Edith’s inspiration comes from contemporary photographers such as Cristina Mittermeier and Paul Nicklen who are conservation storytellers. While adventurous their images are intimate and purposeful and grounded in a shared mission.
