- City
- Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
- Booth
- Nathan Phillips Square
Booth 284
Scott Maracle
I am a member of the Mohawk nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and I reside on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in Ontario, Canada. My journey in photography initially began as a part-time hobby many years ago. While I worked at my regular profession, I completed courses through the New York Institute of Photography, and the Institute of Photograpy, based in London, UK. In 2017, I suffered a stroke that changed the course of my life. Although I worked hard to heal from the difficulties of the event, I suffered memory and other long-term damage, and am now deemed disabled. Unable to return to my former work, I turned to photography as a means to cope with my new life. I utilize photography daily as a tool to assist my memory as the captured images allow me to recall places and events, but I also use it to create artwork and convey feeling and thought through my images. Photography allows me to view the world in a new light as I have become more accepting of life’s events and challenges.
My creative imagery is primarily focused on four main subjects – Nature, Indigenous Images, the Hand of Man, and Faith. I rarely have human figures in my photographs but at the TOAF I am presenting a new subject theme, "Humankind". These images will include a human presence as a subject within the scene. I utilize only natural or available light and shoot in a number of genres including landscape, nature, street, architectural and black and white. I aim to maintain a minimalistic approach in most of my photographs, guided by the principle that less is more. I also try to focus on the seemingly unnoticed scenes from the everyday world around us with the primary goal of initiating thought and emotion in the viewer.
Scott Maracle
May 2024
