Parke Harrison

Suspension

Turning to Spring

Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison are a husband and wife art team. Robert was born in Fort Leonard Wood, MO in 1968. In 1964 Shana was born in Tulsa, OK. Robert earned his BFA from Kansas City Art Institute and MFA from University of New Mexico. While his wife earned her BFA from William Woods College.

The duo have been making photographic images together for 20 years. They work on the relationship between technology and the environment. Robert has said that, “ My photographs tell stories of loss, human struggle, and personal exploration within landscapes scarred by technology and over-use…. [I] strive to metaphorically and poetically link laborious actions, idiosyncratic rituals and strangely crude machines into tales about our modern experience.”

The surreal images they create make me think about my images and how I can make them better. I want to be able to use my imagination to the effect that they are able. To be able to make the images in my head a reality.