Biography
Morgan Drouin was born in 2001 in Biddeford, Maine. In 2019, she graduated from Thornton Academy in Saco, Maine. Before attending Maine College of Art & Design, Drouin was a student at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland, Maine. She graduated from MECA&D in December of 2023 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography. Most of Drouin’s personal art incorporates both digital and analog photography with the subject being self-portraits and/or landscapes. Recently, her photography has been exploring the concept of solitude with lonely tendencies; that is, how it affects her life and how she views the world around her. She currently resides in Saco, Maine with her parents and older brother. In her free time, she enjoys reading books, knitting/crocheting, and spending time with her family.
Artist Statement
My photographs explore the concept of solitude with lonely tendencies. This feeling affects how I view the world around me. Through photography, I construct my photographs as a way to demonstrate my feelings of solitude and loneliness through self-portraits and landscapes. Following my graduation from high school and the pandemic, feelings of isolation and being forgotten arose as I watched people excel in their personal lives through social media. I realized, through my photography, I wanted to show the true side of life: not everything is as it seems.
Photography creates a space where the subject and its immediate surroundings are questioned. When I view my own photographs, I question its integrity and whether it shows what I want to say. Through my photography I want the viewer to decipher the solitude they may see and the loneliness they may feel.