Leah Diament
Leah Diament is a Denver based photographic alternative process print maker who focuses on cyanotype collage prints. She brings minimalistic geometric designs and appropriated characters together to create dynamic interactions with the hope of bringing levity to the enormity of the Universe. Although Leah is not professionally trained as an artist, she has learned her craft from the artists around her and some you tubing. She finds street photography and experimenting with chemicals to be the best way to inspire new series and is very excited to work with film and animation.
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Finding Steve
Have a career, make lots of money, find a husband, have lots of hobbies, buy lots of things, have children, and you will be happy… or so we are told. There is a point in life where the chase is over, the thing has been accomplished and we look at it only to find it never made us happy. We get stuck in loops of dissatisfaction chasing other people’s dreams, pretending our needs are all the same.
“Finding Steve” seeks to confront the stigma around disregarding one of these societal norms, dating. Begging the question is dating worth the hassle? It is seen as cynical or as giving up instead of a recognition of ineffectiveness. “Finding Steve” is what we are told is unhappiness, what we don’t want, pathetic. However, as we strive to find happiness and satisfaction in our lives perhaps listening to ourselves is more important than the rest of the world.