Glimpses of Our Land: Photographs by Carrie Yonley
Central Bank Hallway | March 22 - May 5
Carrie and her husband chased their dreams as ‘youngsters’ and found a way to explore America’s backroads and natural areas for their 8-month honeymoon. Their path followed the seasons – chasing spring up the East Coast; summer across the northern states and Rocky Mountains into Canada, and pushing fall down the West Coast and then into the Canyonlands before returning to Missouri. To a nature photographer, Carrie found then and has continued to find through her decades of travel that there are endless places, subjects and moods of nature to photograph. The images shared in this exhibit are but a few glimpses that represent her life-long work photographing nature and man across our land.
Carrie’s underlying goal of her photographic endeavors is to create a sense of connection and inspiration for her audience, sharing the joy she experiences while documenting the intricacies of the world around her. She encourages viewers to contemplate the fates, the luck of the draw, the providence of our existence in the midst of such an incredible depth of beauty and to consider our role in sustaining the balance between man and nature.
Bio: Carrie Yonley is known for sharing her vision of nature’s beauty and man’s creations through her images. As an avid photographer and lover of the outdoors, she has recorded the natural world around her for many decades. In her day-to-day life, and during her widespread travels and adventures, Carrie has produced an extensive library of images locally and across America, capturing the spirit of the moment - the light - the mood. In her images she showcases the diversity of our land – landscapes from the intimate to the panoramic – contrasted with dramatic cityscapes to quaint rural towns. Carrie is a frequent contributor to coffee-table books exploring the character of American cities, and in 2018 published her own coffee table book, Elements of Life. Her images, books, and fine art greeting card collection can be found in mid-Missouri art stores and gift shops, and she regulatory shares images on her Facebook site.
