Wendy McMurdo's Digital Media Work

Wendy McMurdo was born in Edinburgh, 1962. She attended Pratt Institute in New York City, for her undergraduate study where she first discovered her love for photography. And then received he M.A. at Goldsmiths College in London in 1993. She found her love in the digital media, and her groundbreaking body of works called "The Shaded Place." And coincidently she caught me eye through that work and various other works. Her Tableau photography has visualized collective fears and fantasies with an emphasis on the uncanny. What intrigued me the most was her use of children as the subject, and has this eerie feeling they give off with their expressions and body placement. Also a lot of works, show the curiosity of children, along with the unsettling emotions shown. Here are a few works that stood out to me above all others: