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by Aimee McCrory (Photographer), Gottman (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Chehalis Hegner (Text by (Art/Photo Books))
The joys and challenges of a long-term relationship
Roller Coaster. Scenes from a Marriage expresses a variety of
moments most long-term relationships face with intended honesty,
intimacy, and humor. In western culture, growing old is often
accompanied by feelings of shame. Terms such as losing your wits,
becoming irrelevant and being abandoned haunt older individuals.
Aimee McCrory's goal as a photographer is to raise awareness regarding
the joys and the challenges of growing old together. Drawing upon her
background in theater, she created the series as a pseudo- documentary
version of the relationship with her husband of forty-two years, Don.
McCrory manipulates their personal domestic circumstances just enough to
heighten elements of mystery. The viewer's array of responses may say
more about their domestic relationships than about what can be seen in
the actual photographs.
Author Biography
Aimee B. McCrory was born in Houston, Texas. Her work focuses on self portraiture, feminist themes, the process of aging, and essential familial relationships along with their complexities. From the Texas Photographic Society, Aimee was selected for 35th Annual Member's Show, received a Special Merit award (2022), and also was a second place awardee in New Visions 2022. In June of 2022 her image "Lost" was included in the 'She' exhibition at A.Smith Galley (TX) also received The Directors Award for her 'Ghost Chair' image at A.Smith Gallery (TX) in February of 2022. Her work has been exhibited at Photo Place Gallery (VT), the Southeast Center For Photography (SC), Praxis Gallery (MN) and the Houston Center of Photography. Through her past association with the Photo Pensato collective, her work was exhibited at Colorado Mountain College (CO) and Sangre de Christo Art Center (CO).
