Peter Cardone

Biography

Peter Cardone was born in New York City and grew up outside of Philadelphia, PA. He received his BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology and his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After living and working in Chicago for seven years he moved to Oswego New York to teach photography at SUNY Oswego.

Research 

In an ongoing photographic series I frame lakes and oceans vertically according to their height above sea level. These color photographs of water, land, and sky explore the relationships of different places across distance and elevation. Large bodies of water provide orientation and grounding. They help create the identity of adjacent cities and towns, strongly informing a sense of place. But when looking out on a vast expanse of water I also feel untethered from the present as I conjure memories of other water, cities, homes, and past experience. These lakes and oceans are separated by vast distances, but similar in form and emotional impact. They simultaneously generate feelings of presence and absence. This presence and absence provides one framework for viewing these photographs.

Education 

• MFA, Studio Art- Photography, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 2008
• BFA, Photographic Illustration, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, 2004