Charlotte Kay

'Pyramid and Contrails' Archival Digital Print 24 x 20 ------ Taken from her 22 nd floor balcony located in San Francisco’s Russian Hill, Charlotte Kay’s images balance the topography of the city with verigated cloud formations to present a unique ‘bird’s eye’ view of the SF peninsula. Ms. Kay is a member of The Cloud Appreciation Society http://cloudappreciationsociety.org, whose mission is “fighting the banality of blue-sky thinking… seek[ing] to persuade all who’ll listen of the wonder and beauty of clouds”. She has participated in solo and group exhibits throughout northern California while affiliated with The Bay Area Photographers Collective, ARTworkSF Gallery and Illuminata, a cooperative of Bay Area photographers. “As a photographer of urban landscapes I’m elated when there are clouds to give texture to the sky. Throughout my life the elusive, ethereal, and elemental beauty of clouds has enthralled me. In this new collection of work, Atmospheric Conditions, the clouds and fog play a starring role as San Francisco becomes the backdrop. I tend to see patterns of color, shapes and shadows in both natural and man-made environments, capturing in my images the beauty created when these two environments combine.” – Charlotte Kay