JOINER

Casey Joiner is a photographer in New Orleans, LA. Her practice is loosely rooted in the documentary tradition, beholden to the actuality of her immediate surroundings. Her approach to image selection is intended to be non-hierarchical, employing the fundamental grammar of light, shadow, color to produce evocative images, rather than relying on strongly narrative content to tell her stories. For Joiner, the productive capacity of the photographic medium lies in its accessibility and availability to a wide array of interpretations. And yet, her handling of light in these scenes of everyday bedlam is undeniably poignant. Her pictures have formalist conviction, democratic vernacular and a magical realist attitude... Things that have recently caught and held my attention.