The lecture itself brought the biggest audience I had ever seen at the PCAC. I wondered if people had come because they had seen her work or if they wanted to see what it takes to get a Guggenheim Fellowship. For me, it was a little bit of both. I found Cheryle to be very relatable and enjoyed her lecture. I think her mix between the staged photograph and the 'natural findings' in her work is very successful. During her lecture she said that receiving the Guggenheim is "life changing, they are the greatest, most encouraging beings on the planet, their support amazing." She also noted "Now if my work can just possibly live up to such a gift" which I found to be particularly interesting because it shows that even highly-esteemed professionals are sometimes unsure of their work.
I also enjoyed when she described her photographic process. I found it surprising that she doesn't make her prints herself and I was a little disappointed by that. My only critique of the lecture would be that she went through the slides a little too fast and she didn't talk about the majority of them. As a photo student I really enjoy hearing professionals speak on the steps leading up to the photograph, how they frame it, why they want to photograph it. etc. I just wish she gave us more of an inside story to each image. Overall, I found her lecture to be very interesting. Below are some of my favorite images from Onge's "Natural Findings."
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