Emanations: A spring/ summer collection of light and motherly love

By Rita Godlevskis, Publisher, photoED

This special spring/summer curation for FFOTO emerges with the same sense of joy and hope as witnessing a resilient flower bud finally bloom, breaking through the brown-grey remnants of a long, cold, dark winter.

The five artists featured here offer viewers works that are curious and magical, yet fully developed and intentional. All five are mothers who deeply understand the world's need for silver linings. All are fierce, independent, resilient spirits who feel and feed a need to share light, colour, and deeper breathing.

They all craft unique moments of beauty and intrigue for viewers to dive into, not as works that you pass in haste, but through pieces that insist on pause.

Lori Ryerson’s water lilies mesmerize with the reflections of light in water, while her image ‘Scumptious’ is exactly that. Ann Piché’s images use light to ignite our curiosity, while Tash Damjanovic’s nocturnal city wanderings paint us a fresh view of wonder and waking daydreams. Shira Gold prompts us to reflect on our attachments—the burden of history and the longing to release physical and psychological weights, and Shelagh Howard beautifully explores our connections to each other, and to the natural world.

It brings me immense joy to present these special pieces by such incredible artists. It is my sincere hope that the works presented here—carefully crafted and imbued with connections and light—will infuse your surroundings with a new and lasting warmth. May they serve as daily sources of pleasure, offering you inspiration with the turn of every season.