Instagram Takeover: Haley Morris-Cafiero

Photographer and performer, Haley Morris-Cafiero, shares her practice and process during her Instagram Takeover, April 2018.

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Part performer, part artist, part provocateur, part spectator, Haley Morris-Cafiero explores the act of reflection in her photography. Morris-Cafiero’s photographs have been widely exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad, and have been featured in numerous newspapers, magazines and online including Le Monde, New York Magazine and Salon. Born in Atlanta, she is a graduate of the University of North Florida, where she earned a BA in Photography and a BFA in Ceramics in 1999. Nominated for the Prix Pictet in 2014 and a 2016 Fulbright finalist, Morris-Cafiero holds a MFA from the University of Arizona in Art. The Magenta Foundation published her monograph, The Watchers, in 2015. Morris-Cafiero will be moving to Belfast in the Fall of 2018 to teach photography at the Belfast School of Art at Ulster University.

“Crosswalk” 2015. Taken while waiting to cross the street while exercising in Honolulu Hawaii. . @hmorriscafiero . . #streetphotography #contemporaryart #honolulu #spandex #performanceart

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“White Stripes” 2015. . . @hmorriscafiero . . #performanceart #streetphotography #contemporaryart

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“Turtle” 2014. This image was taken in Honolulu, Hawaii towards the end of the project. The beautiful Pacific Ocean is about 200 feet to the right. @hmorriscafiero . . #performanceart #contemporaryart #waitwatchers

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“Sunscreen” 2015. This is one of my favorite images taken during Spring Break in Cocoa Beach, Florida. @hmorriscafiero . . #performanceart #contemporaryart #flamingoswimsuit #waitwatchers

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