Patti Normand

Little Voices - The Photographs

Patti Normand lives and works in Ottawa. Her diverse career has ranged from her own art practice of sculpting, photography and painting, to her professional work in our national museums creating exhibits and props. She is a graduate of OCAD. Her work is in the collection of The City of Ottawa. 

All of the photos in this series are of miniature dioramas that I created for a previous exhibit Little Voices, shown at Karsh – Masson Gallery, Ottawa City Hall 2014. 

As I took photos of my sculptures, I became aware of the possibilities that the photographs presented. I realized that I could evoke a different narrative than just the sculptures alone. By playing with scale I could create a sense of a different reality. Scenes that at a glance appear real, but upon closer examination are obviously not real, but are a world of my own making. This series represents this exploration.