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Carolyn Cheng
Carolyn Cheng is a contemporary Canadian photographer based in Toronto. She has shown at the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, the Artist Project, Red Head Gallery, Gallery 44, TMU's Paul H. Crocker Gallery, the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the Robert McLaughlin Gallery. Her work has also been awarded by Critical Mass, the International Photography Awards (IPA) and the Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3).
“Fallow Fields” is a series of photographs that illustrates dryland farming techniques where fields are rested on a regular cycle, to allow the soil to recover, regenerate and be productive anew. As climate change, population growth and the drive for productivity all paradoxically cause drops in crop output, this series invites us to philosophically reflect on the idea of lying fallow. To think of rest idleness and recovery in the agricultural and ecological sense but also in the metaphorical and personal ways our bodies and minds are asked to be continuously productive and hyperfocused. This series is an attempt to emerge from a maximalist optimization and efficiency perspective to one that is more agroecological, with more sustainable agricultural and ecological practices for the future.
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