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Merri Cyr
As a teenager in the early eighties, Merri traveled from her small hometown of Adamsville, RI to New York City as a finalist in a national modelling contest. After winning and being photographed by world famous Richard Avedon, Merri received a modelling contract and started working in the city. During that time she became more fascinated with what the photographers and assistants were doing behind the camera and started shooting documentary photos on the streets of New York. This prompted her to take up her studies in photography at Pratt Institute, where she earned her BFA.
Primarily focused on portraiture and the documenting of musicians and artists, Merri's clients include Sony, Columbia Records, Warner Brothers, Maverick, Mercury, Elektra, Verve, Mercury Nashville, Deutsche Grammaphon, Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly magazines amongst others. She has over sixty album packages to her name. Works include the documenting of Lilith Fair for Rolling Stone, for whom she photographed Jewel, Tracy Chapman, Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, Suzanne Vega and Cassandra Wilson. She has also had a book published, "A Wished-for Song, Portrait of Jeff Buckley" which includes 360 photos and interviews conducted by Merri.
Merri has had three recent solo exhibits of her photographs:
Proud Galleries in London, March 2005
MK Gallery in Brooklyn NY, September 2005
Morrison Hotel Gallery in NYC, February 2006
"What makes a photo interesting to me is the expression of energy, the alchemy of a moment caught in the net of a certain shutter click. It's sort of like fishing for unknown treasure whose meaning only becomes evident later. That meaning changes with the passage of time."
Merri lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband Mark.
Primarily focused on portraiture and the documenting of musicians and artists, Merri's clients include Sony, Columbia Records, Warner Brothers, Maverick, Mercury, Elektra, Verve, Mercury Nashville, Deutsche Grammaphon, Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly magazines amongst others. She has over sixty album packages to her name. Works include the documenting of Lilith Fair for Rolling Stone, for whom she photographed Jewel, Tracy Chapman, Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, Suzanne Vega and Cassandra Wilson. She has also had a book published, "A Wished-for Song, Portrait of Jeff Buckley" which includes 360 photos and interviews conducted by Merri.
Merri has had three recent solo exhibits of her photographs:
Proud Galleries in London, March 2005
MK Gallery in Brooklyn NY, September 2005
Morrison Hotel Gallery in NYC, February 2006
"What makes a photo interesting to me is the expression of energy, the alchemy of a moment caught in the net of a certain shutter click. It's sort of like fishing for unknown treasure whose meaning only becomes evident later. That meaning changes with the passage of time."
Merri lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband Mark.
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