January - Photography by Katie McDill, Renee Reedy, Trevor Lockhard, and Dennis Johnson

Photography by Katie McDill, Renee Reedy, Trevor Lockhart, and Dennis Johnson. 

Katie McDill: As a portrait/fine art photographer I like to show emphasis in my portratiture. In the particular body of work I try to convey hidden meanings by the use of strong poses, lack of expression, and the combining of textures and people. I like having a selective choice- the pose conveys emotion, directness, and energy. Photography for me is not just about the viewing of a body of work, the creative experience is just as important.

Renee Reedy, a native of Oxford, MS, has lived in Columbus for 6 years. In September she and her husband, Will, traveled to the Dominican Republic and Haiti with Hispanola Mountain Ministries (www.gohmm.org). This series of photographs seeks to capture the emotion of some of the poorest people in the world. A portion of the proceeds will go to support HMM and the people of the Dominican/Haiti.

Trevor Lockhart grew up in Napa, California and attended the United States Air Force Academy before being stationed at Columbus Air Force Base in Columbus, Mississippi. He is an avid photographer and has traveled all across the world, to include the countries of China, Morocco, Germany, Ghana, and Vietnam. He especially likes landscape photography and enjoys the wide angle a panorama can bring to the viewer. He also enjoys urban photography and portraits of people when traveling, and is a firm believer that interacting with people is the only way a person can truly learn about different cultures and ways of life.

Dennis Johnson is a Starkville based photographer who recently finished studying Communication and Photography at Mississippi State University. His current project is a study in night landscapes. The work is meant to show the viewer the alien nature of night. His landscapes are long exposures with light manipulation. Each manipulated image looks to challenge the viewers’ idea of what can be seen in the night. Dennis Johnson’s work has been influenced mostly by his favorite motion pictures. Like those productions, Johnson uses the world as his movie set to create original lighting conditions that add a sense of unfamiliarity to his landscapes.