Margaret McCarthy
Margaret McCarthy is an artist using photography, poetry and theatre.
The female characters of mythology – particularly Celtic myth – are a continuing source of inspiration for her work.
McCarthy brings the eye of a poet to her photography, exploring archetypes of myth and dream with her imagery. She photographs the landscapes of the ancient world with an immediate, intuitive reaction to the “genius loci”, the unique spirit inhabiting each iconic place. Her work has taken her to the standing stones across Europe, the pyramids of Mexico, and the castros of Celtic Spain. Her work is driven by a sense of wonder at the fecund creativity of the natural world.
She continues to document the peace and social justice movements as American history unfolds.
http://www.margaretmccarthy.com
Exhibitions include: the Fogg Art Museum, The Griffin Museum of Photography, the Overseas Press Club and The Hudson River Museum, and numerous galleries, universities and public exhibition spaces. Her work is part of the Kinsey Institute Art Collection.
Fine art publications: ON LANDSCAPE Magazine (UK), BW GALLERIST (Best of Best) ARTZEALOUS, (Photographers to Watch) LENSCRATCH, SHADOW AND LIGHT Magazine, MUSEÈ Magazine, aCURATOR, LE JOURNAL de la PHOTOGRAPHIE, Elizabeth Avedon’s Photography BlogSpot, ARTS AND LETTERS JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY CULTURE, WRITING ON WATER (MIT Press), PARABOLA Magazine and SOUTH X SOUTHEAST photomagazine.
Honors: 14th JULIA MARGARET CAMERON AWARD Honorable Mention, American Society of Media Photographers BEST OF ASMP 2020, and a Merit Award in 2020’s ALL ABOUT PHOTO AWARDS.
Margaret McCarthy’s poetry has been published in numerous literary magazines, journals and anthologies; her collection NOTEBOOKS FROM MYSTERY SCHOOL (Finishing Line Press, Georgetown, KY, 2015) was selected as a New Women’s Voices Award finalist.
She publishes a web broadside, A VISION AND A VERSE combining her imagery and poetry.
