This photographic survey, titled American Palimpsests, covers the continental United States- from Florida to Washington State, New York to New Mexico. The natural topography varies from state to state. However,
manufactured environments are hardly distinguishable from city to city. Americans have permeated
the desert and forest alike- repeatedly reorganizing, remodeling, and reconstructing their environment. I have been photographing this project for the past 5 years and continue to work on it today.
Stacy Arezou Mehrfar's work has been printed in various publications including The New York Times Magazine, and has been collected by patrons throughout the United States. Her body of work "Manhattan," was featured in the Fotofestiwal, a festival in Lodz, Poland, and the project "American Palimpsests" was chosen as a winner in the personal work category for the 2005 PDN Photo Annual. In 2006, Stacy was the recipient of a commendation award from the Perth Centre for Photography in Perth, Australia. In 2007, Stacy was an honorable mention in the Magenta Foundation's Flash Forward competition.
Stacy is a recipient of the Camera Club of New York Residency. She has also participated in two artist residencies at the Makor/Steinhardt Center of the 92nd St Y.
Stacy Arezou Mehrfar continues to work and live in New York City and Sydney, Australia.
