Photographer, teacher puts work on exhibit

Photographer Wendy Costa is on exhibit with "Photographs in Infrared" in Oliver Wolcott Library's Jamie Gagarin Community Room and Gallery in Litchfield.

Costa has been an avid photographer since inheriting her father's Argus C3 rangefinder camera in high school. In graduate school at the University of Michigan, she studied with Joanne Leonard, who encouraged her to combine photography with drawing, painting, and collage.

After the completion of her MFA degree, Costa pursued other alternative photography media, including Polaroid transfers. This medium allowed her to combine drawing, painting, and collage with photography.

In 2014, inspired by the work of Laurie J. Klein, Costa began to work with digital infrared photography.

A Litchfield resident, Costa has been teaching art for 35 years, the last 26 years at Wamogo Regional High School where she teaches photography, among other art classes. Her work has been shown in many venues including the Center for Photogra phic Art, University of Connecticut, Litchfield Historical Society and Westover School.

The exhibit ends Aug. 23. The library is at 160 South St. For details, call 860-567-8030 or visit owlibrary.org.

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