Artwork copyright Carla Fraga. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Artwork copyright Carla Fraga. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Artwork copyright Carla Fraga. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Newport, OR/The Olgas, Australia, 1998

Carla Fraga
(American, born 1967)

Location: Redmond Middle School, Redmond

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Newport, OR/The Olgas, Australia is part of artist Carla Fraga's "Anywhere Series." The series pairs compositionally similar landscape images geographically separated by thousands of miles. These abstractions invite viewers to think about how graphic qualities like shape, color, and form influence our perception of place. She notes, "The project began as a reaction against the travel photography genre, wherein one visits a remote or exotic place, photographs it and returns home with the image 'trophies.'"

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Lake Washington School District.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Carla Fraga is a Seattle-based photographer who teaches analog and digital photography, and has curated photography exhibits for FotoCircle Gallery.