Cedar City photographer Asher Swan combines years of work for first exhibition
By Haven Scott
“A Piece of My Mind – It’s a Feeling, Not Just an Image with Asher Swan” is set to debut in Springdale at the Canyon Community Center. An artist’s reception will take place on Jan. 11 from 5 to 7 p.m., and the exhibit will be available for viewing during normal business hours from Jan. 6 to Feb. 26.
Those in the Cedar City community who have never met Asher Swan have likely seen his work hanging in the aquatic center, the Braithwaite Art Gallery, doctor’s offices, or even seen him taking photos for the various media jobs he has worked since moving to southern Utah in 2008.
Swan, who graduated from Southern Utah University in 2015, and is now the university’s official photographer, has been dreaming of the day he could show off a collection of his most artistic images, specifically three projects that have taken the last five years to complete. That day is coming soon.
“To me, photography. It’s a feeling — not just an image,” Swan said. “This journey has been a passion of mine for 36 years, and I really wanted to do something different. This exhibit will be vibrant and colorful, and this exhibition will be different than what you might be used to.”
During the artist reception, Swan will discuss his projects entitled “Silica,” in which he uses lighting, shapes, and colors to make dazzling photographs of different glass objects. In “The Things We Leave Behind,” Swan will portray photographs of long forgotten places, abandoned vehicles, and “structural ghosts” taken throughout his travels in the west. And “Amalgamation,” or the merging of two things, will show his work in photography with body paints.
The event is free to the public with live music and light refreshments provided. For more information, visit the Canyon Community Center calendar at springdaletown.com.
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