ENTRY DESCRIPTION
I looked through the door to ballroom at the Palmer House hotel in Chicago to see the custodian silhouetted at center stage, vacuuming steadily. His location, gesture, and the repetition of the lines of the curtain and his vacuum cord caught my eye. But it was his steady, unhurried movement that captivated me. He was doing his job, the final act of the day, and I was honored to be his audience.

AUTHOR
Marcia Mahoney makes pictures that tell the stories she sees – her own, and those she found as a lawyer, librarian and reader.

Throughout 2017, Portland, Oregon’s Blue Sky Gallery will include ten images from Marcia’s Infinite Pleasure portfolio in its Pacific Northwest Viewing Drawers. In addition, Marcia will exhibit in shows across the United States, including ASmith Gallery in Texas, PhotoPlace Gallery in Vermont; Black Box Gallery in Portland, Oregon; and the Southeast Center of Photograph in Greenville, South Carolina, to name a few. Her photograph, "Final Act, won first place in the "people" category and Best in Show in the 2016 Images of Illinois contest.

Mahoney is a member of f8collective, and serves as Treasurer of Chicago's Filter Photo. In addition to working on her own projects, Marcia is a production assistant and stylist for a Chicago-based fashion and editorial photographer. Marcia lives in Chicago, Illinois and Sandpoint, Idaho. Her work can be seen on her website, http://marciamahoney.com.

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