"The stories that make up my life are distracting; too many words. The visual work I produce is an attempt to relinquish the relentlessly novelesque nature of this particular life to the forgiving ambiguity of poetry. I tell a story by letting go of the storyline and focusing on one moment of understanding or revelation, reducing my verbose inclinations to one or two words. Or a picture, in fact. Words can be defined, can be definitive, can be 'the last word' on a subject but imagery leaves more room for a change of interpretation. And change is the only certainty."
Zoë Zimmerman grew up in Taos, New Mexico where she began photographing at a young age, encouraged to continue the pursuit by her visually-oriented family and a supportive bastion of the Taos artists.
She studied photography at the Rhode Island School of Design where she received a BFA in 1986.
For many years Zoë concentrated on antique photographic processes and invented an alternate method of albumen printing which was published in Christopher James’ photography textbook The Book of Alterative Photographic Processes as ‘The Zimmerman Method’.
Zoë’s work is widely shown and collected both nationally and internationally and is included in many public collections including The Museum of Modern Art, The Harwood Museum, The Museum of New Mexico, The Harry Ransom Center for the Humanities,The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and others.
Zoë continues to live, work, and show in Taos, New Mexico. Her work is represented by the Photo Eye Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Zoë Zimmerman grew up in Taos, New Mexico where she began photographing at a young age, encouraged to continue the pursuit by her visually-oriented family and a supportive bastion of the Taos artists.
She studied photography at the Rhode Island School of Design where she received a BFA in 1986.
For many years Zoë concentrated on antique photographic processes and invented an alternate method of albumen printing which was published in Christopher James’ photography textbook The Book of Alterative Photographic Processes as ‘The Zimmerman Method’.
Zoë’s work is widely shown and collected both nationally and internationally and is included in many public collections including The Museum of Modern Art, The Harwood Museum, The Museum of New Mexico, The Harry Ransom Center for the Humanities,The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and others.
Zoë continues to live, work, and show in Taos, New Mexico. Her work is represented by the Photo Eye Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
