MELODY GOLDING – PHOTOGRAPHER
www.melodygolding.com

"I try to capture in my work a sense not only of timelessness, but of grace. To convey an observance of order out of the usual chaos of visual forms. God has given me this gift to share in what I see in this world as a patient and ardent observer, and also a participant in what I see - the camera being the conduit of expression in my photography."

A solo exhibition of Melody's work 'Katrina: Mississippi Women Remember' opens at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, March-May 2007. More than Fifty sepia toned silver gelatin prints and unique large imbue prints will be exhibited along with hours of black and white streaming video Melody has taken spanning from September 2005 to August 2006. This comprehensive exhibition and unique photographic journal, with its stunning sepia photographs of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina forms the basis of the book entitled 'Katrina: Mississippi Women Remember' to be published by the University Press of Mississippi in May 2007. Included are essays by noted authors Ellen Gilchrist and Mary Anderson Pickard. This book will join Melody's photographs of the storm's aftermath with the stories and reflections of those who lived through it. A compelling component of this exhibit is the interspersed text of poignant phrases drawn from the book. A solo exhibit of Melody's work, "Stark Exposures: Images of Katrina", opened at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art on June 1 and continued through August 16, 2006. This was the first exhibit about Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

As Melody documented the aftermath of the devastating Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, some of her photographs were featured in The Royal Photographic Society Awards Journal, London October 2005. She is a member of The Royal Photographic Society, London.

The Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson has included Melody Golding's work in the permanent collection, and her photography is in numerous other collections and historical museums. Melody's work was chosen for inclusion in the Texas Photographic Society 21st Annual Members Only Show which exhibited in San Francisco, California and Houston Texas in the spring of 2006. She has shown at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. on several occasions at the Annual Spring Gala.

Melody’s photographs of Blues Legend Son Thomas will be included in The Smithsonian Institutes Travelling Exhibit SITES, in the exhibit “New Harmonies Celebrating American Roots Music” June 28 – August 9, 2007. The Mississippi Humanities Council.

Melody has documented complex architectural wonders and the natural environment, as well as preserving moments in the incredible lives of others on four continents.