The works of celebrated photographer Atom Moore will be on display in the Sanders Administration Building throughout the 2024-25 academic year, with a gallery opening and reception with the artist at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26.
Moore, a 2005 Fitchburg State alumnus, will discuss the exhibition, “Second Nature,” during a gallery talk in the Fiorentino Foyer adjacent to the Sanders Administration Building gallery space.
Moore is a professional photographer and videographer living and working in New York City. He specializes in macro watch photography working with major watch brands and publications to bring his unique view to the industry. He has been creating artwork based on his watch photography since 2015 and has had solo exhibitions of his work in New York City, Hong Kong, and The National Watch and Clock Museum in Columbia, Penn.
“Second Nature is an evolution to my unique Mashup style of watch and clock art that I have been exploring since 2015,” Moore said. “Macro photography of watches combined with a newly discovered love of photographing plants at Wave Hill and Gardens in The Bronx near my home has inspired this new collection. With a unique ecosystem and plants from all over the world I quickly began to focus on my natural photographer state: macro. Being in a constantly changing environment like Wave Hill gave me a new perspective on capturing time.”
Moore cites his training under Professor Peter Laytin at Fitchburg State as seminal to his development. “It was under his mentorship that I discovered who I was as a photographer and to use my unique view of the world to explore it as I wanted to,” Moore said. “As working in the darkroom became a place of meditation and creativity for me while at university, bringing together my watch and plant images for Second Nature is a reflection and evolution. I present the original source material watch and plant images as I find that they are worthy on their own merits. Together they help me find positivity in our chaotic and wonderful world.”
The exhibit is made possible through support from the Clementi Family Lecture Fund.
Read more about the artist in Fitchburg State Magazine and this exhibit in the Robb Report.