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Visual History:
Jennilee Marigomen
Jennilee Marigomen is a fine-art photographer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her work investigates the sublime of the everyday, as well as the tension between the natural world and urban life, with a subtle, astute eye that is fast earning her international recognition. Marigomen was the recipient of The Magenta Foundation's Flash Forward Emerging Photographer Award in 2010. The following year, she published her first book, "Seconde Nature," which has been added to the Artist Book Collection at the MoMA Library.

Pasley Island, British Columbia, 2006-2012
Marigomen used to visit her friend Evan's family island off the coast of Bowen Island, British Columbia, every year. "The secluded private island felt like a sanctuary where time didn't matter," she says. "The same group of friends would visit every year. It felt like our own little summer camp."
The Work of Andy Goldsworthy, 2009
This is Andy Goldsworthy at River Wharfe, Yorkshire, in December of 1980. "Seeing Andy Goldsworthy's work and land interventions for the first time floored me," Marigomen says. "It changed the way I saw the world, and after studying him, I look at things a little longer."
Mexico, 2011
Marigomen went to Mexico for the first time in 2011 and fell in love with the pace, the sun and the country's dusty faded colors. "I would walk around with my camera, alone in bliss," she says. "I am currently working on a book for this series, titled 'Window Seat.'"
"An Empty Bliss Beyond This World," The Caretaker, 2012
"This album feels like the soundtrack of my thoughts," Marigomen says. "Listening to it feels like a nostalgic experience, with pieces of music from the 20s and 30s. The music reflects the artist's research on Alzheimer's disease and the ability of patients to recall the songs of their past, and with them recollections of places, people, moods and sensation."