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"  The camera lenses turned on Parsons photography students last night at the opening of their 2010 BFA senior thesis show at the Aronson &amp;amp;amp; Kellen Galleries in downtown NYC. The exhibition exposed student work of from talented shutterbug undergrads, each receiving a 5\u00D75 foot section of wall space in the Parsons gallery. One student&amp;#039;s work that caught my eye belonged to Kathryn Owen, a recent Parsons grad who showcased a haunting display of photos with ancestral inspiration. &amp;quot;My thesis was about not knowing exactly where I came from,&amp;quot; Owen explained. &amp;quot;A lot of my family was adopted, so this was an exploration of my heritage.&amp;quot;  Owen&amp;#039;s collection includes self-portraits, portraits of her sister, and still-lifes taken in her grandmother&amp;#039;s house exactly how she left it after she died ten years ago. &amp;quot;I was really affected by her death,&amp;quot; Owen revealed. &amp;quot;Basically I&amp;#039;m just really inspired by death because I&amp;#039;ve never had closure since I&amp;#039;ve always been far away from home.&amp;quot; A lot of Katie&amp;#039;s photographs are interior spaces of homes that were abandoned, using natural light. Katie&amp;#039;s stylistic inspiration? &amp;quot;Todd Hido\u2014he is a big photography influence as far as my interior work and using natural light.&amp;quot;  The student exhibition will be on display through June 11th in the Aronson &amp;amp;amp; Kellen Galleries on 66 Fifth Avenue and 2 West 13th Street. To see more of Katie&amp;#039;s work, check out her website at kathrynowen.com.  \u2014Laura Lajiness  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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