Chelsea Bradway

Left Behind

Inspired by: John Willis, Recycled Realities 1

black and white photograph on fine art paper

30″ x 24″

2022

The world continues spinning no matter what events are happening around it. People are left discarded as if they were in fact society’s offloaded waste, as taken by John Willis, homeless people are considered pollution, crowding the sidewalks of the city. His statement about awareness of waste resonated with me, “The more sensitive we are to the volume and degree of waste we create, the more aware we will be in understanding the product of our society.” It holds true not just for newspapers but for humans as well. We as a society need to be more aware of our treatment of each other and find ways to understand how homelessness is affecting our world both physically and emotionally. Humans should consider helping and advocating for others, rather than walking by and pretending not to notice the “waste” we as a society have created.

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A woman’s work

Black and white photograph on fine art paper

30″ X 24″

2021

As a child in the 70s, I had terrible haircuts from the Dorothy Hamel to Sun-In disasters and a whole decade of Madonna hairstyles. I never knew or understood the work that went into taking care of hair. When I began my Women’s Empowerment shoot a friend wanted to show me how empowering it was to do both of her daughter’s hair. I observed the intensity, skill, and patience that went into styling her daughter’s hair. The rhythm and cadence were much like an unspoken dance between mother and daughter.

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When You Were Young

color photograph on fine art paper

26″ x 32″

2024

As I grow older I am awe of how things change in a matter of moments. Life indeed is very short. This work is inviting the viewer to embrace that there is no time to waste. Don’t wait for a special event to wear a vintage fur, fancy necklace, fabulous shoes or a fun tie. Where these things to the grocery store, the dump, in the garden, at work, or even when you are cleaning the house. Life waits for no one.

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Who Says Shopping Can’t Be Glamorous

black and white photograph on fine art paper

30″ x 24″

2021

This photograph was born out of the ideaa. One is that we have all these fabulous clothes that we wait for an occasion to bring out of the closet. That seems so silly, why not wear them to vacuum, go grocery shopping or rake the leaves. Life will pass by in a moment, why not live it!

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Chelsea Market

Inspired by: Jules Aarons, West End Meat Market

black and white photograph on fine art paper

26″ x 32″ (framed)

2023

Growing up in the Berkshires I have always found NYC a bit daunting. It wasn’t until my son’s 13th birthday when he asked to go to New York that I fell in love with it. Gone was my fear and in came an explosion of wild excitement. Angels of New York Series was born. There is something magical about walking through the streets of New York and not being noticed or being noticed. People’s faces lit up, they had let go of fear even if for a moment just as I did when I first embraced NYC.

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A Women’s Work- 3

black and white photo on fine art paper

24″ x 30″

2020

As a child in the 70s, I had terrible haircuts from the Dorthy Hamel to Sun IN disasters and a whole decade of Madonna hairstyles, I never knew or understood the work that went into taking care of hair. When I began my Women’s Empowerment shoot a friend wanted to show me how empowering it was to do both of her daughter’s hair. I observed the intensity, skill, and patience that went into styling her daughter’s hair. The rhythm and cadence were much like an unspoken dance between mother and daughter.