Somerhill trivia:
Our dear friend and Somerhill artist, Elizabeth Matheson, had a photograph featured on a set of the movie “The Notebook.”
Shown was a stunning photograph entitled “Edenton, 1982.”
Elizabeth Matheson, Edenton, 1982, silver print, 9 5/8" x 12 1/4"
Photo courtesy of North Carolina Museum of Art.
Matheson is a native of Hillsborough, NC. She began photographing in 1970 and in 1972 began her studies with John Menapace at the Penland School of Crafts. Her photographs have been exhibited and published widely. Matheson is best known for her delicate and deliberate images that capture a moment in a particular place. The photographer’s intention with the work is “to take a piece of the world and make it (her) own. It’s a celebration of it.” Matheson has an uncanny way of conveying a space just before something happens or in between events.
An Elizabeth Matheson photograph captures the essence of her work–both its elegance and the small details that transform it into something more haunting than merely a beautiful image.
Read more about Elizabeth Matheson by clicking here.
