Sydney Walsh
This work is from an ongoing project (Portrait of the Sunshine State) about my home state of Florida. I began this project in response to wanting to feel more connected to the people and the land hereafter returning due to the coronavirus pandemic. Growing up in Florida it was the quirky details in life, the perpetual humidity, and even the way light shone that was distinctive to this place. When I left for college I realized that I missed my home and the warmth it gave me. When I’m here I feel more connected to the natural environment and more appreciative of the earth. The past few years have been a strange time where politics literally shaped the landscape. The tides are getting increasingly higher as buildings go up and roughly 1,000 people move to Florida every day. I want to document my home as it goes through time and I meet new people here. I want to share a perspective different from the “Florida Man” headlines people see. This is where I grew up. This is a collective portrait of how I see my home.
About the artist:
Sydney Walsh is a visual storyteller based in south Florida and Washington D.C. She is currently pursuing a BFA in Photojournalism with a minor in Spanish and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University. She is an alumni of the Eddie Adams Workshop XXXIII. She is also a member of Women Photojournalists of Washington, the Asian American Journalists Association, and the National Press Photographers Association. She believes that photography is a vital medium that removes language barriers and universally personalizes history. As a human, photographer, and artist the most important thing for Sydney is to keep an open mind. She tries to genuinely understand the people who share their stories with her, allowing for the most honest and intimate work using portraiture, landscapes, multimedia, and alternative processes.
Cato’s Bridge
2020
Archival inkjet print
11 x 14 inches
Gulls
2020
Archival inkjet print
11 x 14 inches
Holding On To You
2020
Archival inkjet print
11 x 14 inches
Juno’s Plane
2021
Archival inkjet print
11 x 14 inches
Sunday at Dubois
2020
Archival inkjet print
11 x 14 inches