The Jamie Gagarin Community Room and Gallery- "Photographs in Infrared" by Wendy Costa

LITCHFIELD, Conn. - June 21, 2016 - PRLog -- Wendy Costa has been an avid photographer since inheriting her father's Argus C3 rangefinder camera in high school. In graduate school at the University of Michigan, she studied with Joanne Leonard, who encouraged her to combine photography with drawing, painting, and collage. After the completion of her MFA degree, Costa pursued other alternative photography media, including Polaroid transfers. This medium allowed her to combine drawing, painting, and collage with photography.

In 2014, inspired by the work of Laurie J. Klein, Costa began to work with digital infrared photography. In infrared photography, live green foliage and grass reflect infrared rays, so they appear white. Blue skies and deep water absorb infrared rays, so they appear black. There is a mystery to the medium which she loves - she never quite knows how the picture is going to appear until she clicks the shutter.

A Litchfield resident, Wendy Costa has been teaching art for 35 years, the last 26 years at Wamogo Regional High School where she teaches photography, among other art classes.  Her work has been shown in many venues including the Center for Photographic Art, University of Connecticut, Litchfield Historical Society, and Westover School.

         In the Jamie Gagarin Community Room and Gallery: July 7- August 23. Reception is on Thursday, July 7, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South Street, Litchfield, CT. 06759. 860-567-8030. www.owlibrary.org.