Hot Shots Kirby Pilcher

Artist Statement

I began studying photography as an undergraduate, and dabbled with it for a few years before finally deciding in 2004 to pursue an MFA at the Visual Studies Workshop. Lately I have been interested in what images can be found when limiting the search area to the spaces that I inhabit on a daily basis. I am interested in finding images where human interaction has left evidence of events that occurred in these spaces. I try to give only fractured clues to the viewer so they must bring their own experiences to the image in order create a narrative.

Biography

Kirby Pilcher was born in eastern South Dakota in 1977. In 2007 he received an MFA from the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, NY, where he currently lives with his 5 year old border collie/husky named Molly. He was included in the Winter 2007 edition of Hey Hot Shot. Kirby is currently an Adjunct Professor of Photography at SUNY Brockport and Wells College.

Kirby Pilcher was a Hot Shot in the Winter 2007 competition.