Based in Canada, Karly Roy’s photographs are steeped in solitude, winter, and seaside melancholy. Through a lens of black and white, quiet moments are shaped into poetic visuals that feel both cold and deeply human.
Karly’s art complements the abundance of surrounding desolation, a world in which people are passing observers trying to document nature without tainting it with their presence. The sound of a flowing river, wind sweeping across snow-covered plains, or the chirp of a winter bird are palpable through the silence of the pictures.
A strong sense of abandonment is what strikes the most in Karly Roy’s art. If anything, this work fits the category the best. The photographs are synonymous with lonesomeness.
The snapshots are visual representations of second thoughts, echoes, and almost lost memories struggling to survive. In many ways, melancholy appears to flow in black and white blood through damp paper skin.
Read our “Tenderness” issue in full
In this debut issue, 16 artists from around the world took part in an editorial experiment where the theme emerged organically from the submitted artworks, shaped by what they had in common, and not predefined by editors.
We’re a team of writers using our craft to spotlight art in its most honest form. RAWGUE. started as a bi-monthly editorial experiment where each issue’s theme is dictated by the submitted work, thus removing editorial bias from the equation and preserving a more raw approach. We focus on all forms of poetry: written, photographed, painted, drawn, and filmed.
