About the Artist
Chelsea Webster is a native Maryland photographer born and raised in Salisbury. She graduated from Salisbury University in the Spring semester in May 2020 with a BFA, photography track. During her time at Salisbury University, Chelsea developed a passion for film photography. The timed exposures in a roll of film offer a meditative process prior to capturing the image; thus, the framing of every photograph is intentional and possesses a pre-visualized composition. She formalizes the coincidental and emphasizes the conscious process of composition that is behind the seemingly random works. Her photographs establish a link between reality and that imagined by its conceiver. Chelsea ultimately transforms these compositions through the lens of a camera to the techniques of the darkroom processes as well as digital imaging photographs.
Artist's Statement
As a photographer, Chelsea's body of work focuses on film photography and the time-consuming process of physically bringing an image to life on paper. The timed exposures in a roll of film offer a meditative process prior to capturing the image, resulting in a pre-visualized composition. The black and white photographs are crafted through the techniques in the darkroom. Each image is thoughtfully exposed, providing a depth to the quality of the black and white photographs. Chelsea appreciates the hands-on process of physically bringing the image to life on paper. She occasionally enjoy creating digital images, but nothing compares to the quality film brought to her photographs.
