Kristin Connolly Schillaci is a documentary fine art photographer. She received her BA in Photography from Grand Valley State University. Kristin makes photographs with a 1970’s Medium Format Bronica. She captures images on analog transparency film to stay strongly connected to the history of the medium. Kristin personally prints, signs, mats, and frames all of her archival pigment prints in her studio in Santa Fe.

The photographs in ‘Just Passing Thru' are deceptive. Initially you are welcomed by vibrant color and familiar imagery. Looking closer reveals a melancholy solitude. Kristin is drawn to these images because of their mystery. She finds the untold stories of these forgotten places fascinating. The work is about those who have come and gone, not those who still remain. In the loneliness and abandonment she finds a solemn beauty, which she attempts to capture through minimalism. There are also humorous elements to the work, offsetting the often overbearing weight of history. ‘Just Passing Thru' confronts the inevitable passing of time, and the losses we all suffer as humans.