Eileen Carlock is originally from Rockville, Maryland. She studied advertising, graphic design, computer science
and photography at the University of Maryland. She worked for many national corporations during her 10-year career
as a computer graphic artist, however, after moving to Luray, Virginia in 1998, she returned to photography. This
enabled her to stay home with her children while reinventing her career.
She credits her early interest in photography to her mother who instilled a passion for recording. Eileen is most
well-known for her Waterfalls of The Shenandoah National Park collection which gained regional attention after appearing
in The Washington Post’s Sunday source section last year.
Digital photography is a way to combine her computer graphics background with her photographic skills: She often
overlays digitally transparent images in her art. Many of Carlock’s photographs are rich in light and vibrant
color, however, her recent photography project, called The American Civil War, is primarily black & white and
some sepia tones.
Her interest in our country’s history was inspired by her father who passed away last year. She honored his
memory in one of her photos by digitally including him as a Union General. She attended her first battle reenactment
as a photographer, but quickly became a participant in reenactments throughout the valley. She dressed in period
clothing often hiding camera equipment in the hoops of her skirt. This allowed her to get closer to her subject matter
and experience the energy in battle.
Carlock currently has work on display at The Art Group in Mount Jackson, The National Warehouse Center for the Arts,
The BB&T Center for the Performing Arts and The Main Street Bakery in Luray, Virginia.
Her next show is scheduled
to open on April 1, 2007 at The Art Group with a reception to be held on May 18. Many reenactors from NC, VA, WV,
MD, PA, NJ, and NY have been invited to attend in uniform, and a band is scheduled to play Civil War-era music. |
