MK Semos: 

Elektrik

Elektrik - Artist Statement

Greek-American photographer MK Semos is a highly committed professional whose deep appreciation of beauty and culture can be found in each of her photographs. She specializes in travel, portrait, and interior photography, but is most well known for her 10+ years of work with the Holga camera. Born in Dallas, Texas, she earned Bachelor's Degrees in photojournalism and photo-illustration from the University of Texas at Austin in 1995. Semos’ love and devotion to travel translates directly into the kinetic energy one feels while viewing her work. She has freelanced for New York Magazine, Business Traveler and Timeout NY. Her artwork has been highlighted and reviewed in publications such as The Dallas Morning News and Daily Candy. You can also see her collaborative work with emerging designers such as Leah C. Couture Millinery and Elisa Jimenez. She has relocated from New York City to Dallas, Texas, where she and her partner, Hugo Garcia Urrutia, own and operate the Decorazon Gallery.

Semos’ Holga photography series is an ongoing body of work and visual reflection of urban landscapes and cityscapes as places of inner experience. The imagery is initially created utilizing a manual, very basic Holga camera, along with medium format film, which allows her to create and manufacture intuitive collages of composition inside the camera by overlapping frames and double-exposing the film. Later, after processing the film, Semos is able to construct “story boards” from her lengthy narrative of images, signs, pop-color, and surprise code.

The Elektrik Series refers to imagery that has been printed onto acrylic, glass, vintage car windshields, or other luminous substrates. The prints are then mounted on a backlighting assembly, creating a luminous, almost projected feel to the work.

Click thumbnail image, right, to view/download a Dallas Morning News article about Elektrik.

Dimensions for Elektrik Light Boxes are 10 x 22 inches all the way up to very large custom sizes.

MK Semos - curriculum vitae (.pdf, 198k)