I use my camera to try to capture the essence of ordinary people, places, and things, to see them with fresh eyes and reveal them in a new way. I am drawn to the smaller towns, rural areas, and byways – the “blue lines” on the old maps – and to quirkiness and eccentricity.
I often photograph people in their own environment – in the woods, in their home or workplace, on city streets, on the farm. These environmental portraits add another dimension to what the face and body can reveal about the inner life of the subject, and the way the subject relates to the world around them. I also enjoy street photography, capturing life in passing moments. This photo was taken in the spring of 2016 along the banks of Intrenchment Creek near southeast Atlanta, in a park bordering the old Atlanta Prison Farm.
Marla Puziss moved to Atlanta from Maryland in 1989 and is still getting to know the South. She lives in Hapeville with her husband and recently retired from the clinical laboratory at Grady Memorial Hospital, where she still works one day a week. She is a self-taught photographer, inspired by looking at great photography since childhood. Her work has appeared online in South x Southeast, Lenscratch, and in various local and statewide and regional juried photography exhibits. Her work is held in private collection and by the City of Decatur, GA.
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