ABOUT THE ARTIST
Photo Credit: © 2024 Kathleen Dreier
Kathleen Tunnell Handel is a photographer, whose fine art aesthetic is grounded in the documentary tradition. Based between NYC and the Berkshires, MA, her long term work - Where the Heart Is: Portraits from American Trailer and Mobile Home Parks, focuses on the affordable housing subgenre of mobile home and manufactured housing communities. This researched based work includes photographic images and recordings from communities all over the United States. Her collaborative approach informs her growing advocacy for affordable housing.
Tunnell Handel’s earlier studies in observational and systems based life sciences at Cornell University, through her exploration of the visual arts and earning a BFA in Textile Design from the Rhode Island School of Design, to ongoing studies of photography, fine art printing, and bookmaking at the International Center of Photography, Maine Media, Santa Fe Workshops and others have all contributed to her deep interest in visual culture and themes of memory, life systems, time, and the human experience.
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