A Focus on Photography
The Art of Selections
"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything."
– Aaron Siskind
If a picture can say 1000 words, what is being said with the artwork that is selected for a community? The art of photography is that it speaks to our emotions, memories, and sense of place. The design team at Faulkner Design Group factors all of this in when selecting artwork for a community.
We understand that the artwork we select adds to a place’s sense of character. We source unique pieces that tie our design into the city or the neighborhood in which the community resides. It is a priority for us to pull in the rich cultural history of the greater community through artwork or the work of local artists.
Photography is among the most iconic ways to convey a community’s context or add drama to a wall. The strategy lies in choosing which piece should be installed where – and Faulkner Design Group’s Cameron Colombe excels at both.
An amateur photographer since receiving her first camera in kindergarten and taking a trip to the Dallas Arboretum, Cameron is equally passionate about designing environments that transform life and capturing the beauty of the natural landscape with photography – and sometimes the two unite to create engaging spaces.
She’s come a long way since that trip to the Arboretum to take pictures of the vibrant blooms with her equally vibrant pink Barbie camera. Honing her talents with more sophisticated equipment and retouching skills has fostered her passion for capturing the beauty of the world.
Working in the field of interior architecture and design allows Cameron to aesthetically organize spaces while incorporating this artistic zeal. From sorting through concept imagery to selecting the perfect artwork and accessories, she diligently seeks out solutions that will both resonate with and captivate future residents. Each individual project and each individual space feature FF&E that aligns with the original design concepts, the mission of the client, and ultimately their vision for the community. And for Cameron, sourcing the right accessory or the perfect piece of artwork is part skill and part artistic intuition that she believes her love of photography and travel has helped develop in her.
As space planning advances on a project, our teams intentionally identify key walls for art installations and for Cameron, this signals one of her favorite parts of a project. Even in the early stages of project development, she is already considering colors, geometries, and textures that might evoke the overall concept of a design. When the time to specify FF&E comes along, she is deliberate about mixing media types to create rich layers of interest within a space. Throughout the design process, she continually scrolls through her mental library of photographs taken, knowing there might be that perfect image to complete a room.
Her photography has made appearances in a few Faulkner Design Group projects already.
Cornerstone Club, location: Montrose, Colorado – These build-to-rent cabins near Telluride featured several photographs of the beautiful surrounding mountain landscapes, hand-selected from Cameron’s travel portfolio.
NTS – Hurstbourne Grand, location: Louisville, Kentucky – For the guest model suite at Hurstbourne Grand, Cameron wanted something more abstract. This black and white photo taken in Dallas offered an architectural texture and rhythm that accentuates the lines in the dark headboard and drapery.
With a database of thousands of images, Cameron plans to launch her own photography art line once she has catalogued and tagged each photo – a process that she considers therapeutic. In the meantime, our team at FDG is the beneficiary of her passion to capture beautiful photos of our amazing world.
Check out more of her portfolio on her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cameroncolombephotography/
