BIO:
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, statewide and regional juried photography exhibits. Her work is held in private collection and by the City of Decatur, GA.
Statement:
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.
This photo of an abandoned fishing shack buffeted by rising seas off the coast of South Carolina at Hunting Island State Park bears witness to the effects of global warming. Rising temperatures due to industrial and agricultural pollution contribute to significant sea level rise that threatens our fragile coasts and the people, animals and plants who live there, forcing us to abandon places we love to the rising tides. This photo is a warning and a call to action to protect and steward our planet and the natural world we are a part of.
https://www.marlapuzissphotos.com
IG: @mpuziss
