Second Sight lecture

with Amanda Marchand

Recorded in San Diego on May 7, 2022

Amanda Marchand is the 2022 Second Sight Award recipient from Medium Photo. Her work embraces an experimental approach to photography through historic, light-sensitive materials resulting in abstract, one of a kind and editioned works. These works are drawn from the artist’s interest in landscape and the nature of time itself, referencing qualities of sunlight, paper chemistry, and her interest in specific elements of the natural world. Often made using performative acts, the completed works explore her mindful attention to the movement of the sun, vegetation, and the flora and fauna that play key roles in each unique photographic work.

The World is Astonishing with You in it

Amanda’s lecture The World is Astonishing with You in it draws from her limited edition artist’s book by the same name, and began a full day of lectures at the 2022 Medium Festival of Photography. She discussed her photographic work without cameras and how her creative projects inform her practice as a book artist.

Second Sight Award

The Second Sight Award is given to a participating artist in the annual Medium Review, based on nominations from participating reviewers. Amanda Marchand was nominated for the award by Anne Kelly (Photo-Eye Gallery), Ann Jastrab (Center for Photographic Art), Geoffrey Koslov (Foto Relevance Gallery), Bree Lamb (Fraction Magazine), Adam Monohon (formerly at Center for Creative Photography), and Rick Wester (Rick Wester Fine Art). As part of the award, Amanda will produce a limited edition print available to Medium Photo members of Group f.16.

Amanda Marchand

Amanda Marchand is a Canadian, Brooklyn-NY based photographer.

In addition to unique photographic works, Marchand’s practice includes making and publishing photo books. She recently published, “The World is Astonishing with You in it: A 21st Century Field Guide to the Birds, Ferns and Wildflowers.” Two earlier monographs "Nothing Will Ever be the Same Again" (2019), and “Night Garden” (2015) were published by Datz Press.

Her work has been honored through numerous awards, including the Critical Mass TOP 50 (2021), PX3 Paris Photo Award, 2020; BarTur Photo Awards, 2020; Lensculture International Art Awards, 2019; Honorable Mention at Klompching’s FRESH 2019; and the Curator’s Choice Award, 2015 at CENTER, Santa Fe. 

Marchand will be an artist in residence at Penland School of Craft (NC) and MOther’s Milk (KS) in 2022, and completed previous residencies at the MacDowell Colony, Headlands Center for the Arts, Hewnoaks Artist Colony, and others. Her work has been exhibited internationally, with a permanent installation on view at the Glen MUHC Hospital in Montreal. Marchand’s work is represented by Traywick Contemporary, Foto Relevance, and through photo-eye’s Photographer’s Showcase.