Life & Work with Carol Golemboski

Today we’d like to introduce you to Carol Golemboski.

Hi Carol, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I moved to the Denver Area in 2002 to accept a position as a faculty member at The University of Colorado Denver.

I’m a Professor of Photography in the Visual Arts Department in the College of Arts & Media. I’m also a photographic artist who exhibits nationally and internationally. My area of expertise is analog and experimental photography. I still create my prints in black and white darkroom.

Can you talk to us about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back, would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Teaching is a rewarding profession. I’m delighted that I’ve gotten to work with so many students over the years and I love hearing about their lives and achievements after they graduate.

I’ve experienced lots of highs and lows in my career, including busy times when I found it difficult to juggle life and work. In general, however, I feel that I am extremely privileged to be able to do what I love for a living.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I’m a diehard film lover who never completely altered my creative practice when advances in technology changed the way the world interacts with photography. I love the space of the darkroom–the quiet, the amber light, the physicality of making a print in chemical solutions, and the pure magic. I’m known for combining analog photography and drawing in metaphorical, haunting, still-life imagery.

I like incorporating illusions and mystery into my images and prompting the viewer to question the reality of what they’re seeing. In the past few years, I’ve been working a lot with vintage photographic papers that expired in the mid-twentieth century and experimenting with non-traditional ways that they can be used to make creative imagery.

We all have a different way of looking at and defining success. How do you define success?
Happiness! Fulfillment. Hard work pays off.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.carolgolemboski.com
• Instagram: @cgolemboski