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CONGRATULATIONS TO: Juried, Best of Missouri Hands artist Hilary Hitchcock, who grew up in the Skinker-DeBaliviere neighborhood, where her parents Jim and Helen still live. Hilary is just one of eight Missouri photographers invited to display a piece of her choice at the Governors Mansion in Jefferson City. Hilary selected a photo that she snapped at on a foggy morning at Tower Grove Park in St. Louis just a mile from her home.
Please enjoy additional works by Hilary on her BOMH page at: http://www.bestofmissourihands. or g/artisans/photography/ hilaryhitchcock. Tours of the Governors Mansion and a chance to see this special exhibit can be booked at: http://mansion. mo.gov/tours.php. Hilary’s work was also highlighted at the City at 250 Exhibit at the Sheldon Galleries. Fellow Skinker-DeBaliviere-”alum”, writer and teacher, Sarah Hermes Griesbach wrote the following about Hilary’s work: How do you see St. Louis?…
A Celebration of St. Louis in Photographs reveals stories of the city, shown with affection.Some of the photographers capture fleeting moments to describe a place. Hilary Hitchcock’s images do just this. “You Came Back,” a photograph she took from a window in her Skinker-Debaliviere childhood home, makes the viewer into a voyeur.
The image of a man seen through trees as he walks through snow is frozen in time like held breath. Despite the heavy competition and without any advantage other than her artistry Hitchcock had three photographs chosen for the final contest selection.
She employs a different method of visual storytelling for each. Hitchcock has spent years exploring photographic devices from digital point and shoot cameras to Polaroids to pin-hole and toy cameras.
Her photograph of humble South City red brick bungalows, titled I Notice You, comes of her love for the “unsung heroes of St. Louis architecture.” Hitchcock is sentimental about these charming houses that were “built for a turnof-the-century working class, not fancy people, yet always include beautiful millwork, a little stained glass window somewhere and a mantle above the fireplace.”
Original photograph caption
You Came Back, photograph from Hitchcock childhood home window.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September 2014.
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