Bridget Conn

Bridget Conn, a photographic artist and educator, explores photography’s potential as a physical and chemical medium through experimental, cameraless techniques. Her work addresses themes of societal struggles, communication challenges, and the digital-physical divide. Bridget Conn has exhibited widely, founded The Asheville Darkroom, and taught workshops.
From: Nashville, Indiana, USA
Shows: Chemigrams and Cyanolumens

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Bridget Conn is a photographic artist who explores the potential of photography as a chemical and physical medium through cameraless experimental processes. Dealing with themes of societal struggles, awe and wonder, challenges in communication, digitized vs. physical encounters, and the importance of making and admitting mistakes, Conn investigates the boundaries of photography with prints, wall installations, and sculptural works. She received her BFA from Tulane University and MFA from the University of Georgia, and currently resides in Nashville, Indiana, USA.

In addition to exhibiting widely, Conn is the founder and former director of The Asheville Darkroom in Asheville, North Carolina. An enthusiastic educator, she has taught workshops at the Penland School of Crafts in NC, at The Experimental Photo Festival in Spain, at conferences for the Society for Photographic Education, and at numerous colleges and universities across the Southeast US. She is actively making plans to open her own darkroom workshop facility in the forested rolling hills of southern Indiana, and is open to opportunities to offer workshops across the Midwest and beyond.

“Much like how photography reinvented painting in the mid-19th century, digital has reinvented the darkroom. It may no longer be a technology, but it is now freed to be a place of expression.”

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