Four-year-old fine art photographer Joshua Marshall just hit newsstands in the Winter 2013 edition of Profiles 98 magazine.
Joshua is featured as a contributing photographer. His work shows artists participating in “Kingdom Come”, the 6th National Exhibition (NE6) of the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB).
Joshua’s mother Candis Marshall, who was featured in the exhibition, recalled Joshua’s fascination with many of the pieces, particularly the installations and how they came together.
Joshua’s development in photography stemmed from a therapy his mother used when he was two years old.
As a toddler, he had been a brain box with very wide interests, but he was also diagnosed with epilepsy.
Joshua experienced a major seizure that affected his speech and coordination and his ability to communicate.
Though his mind was still processing at the same rate, he could not convey his thoughts and needs the way he had become accustomed.
It was through photography that Candis found a way for her son to communicate.
With his camera, Joshua began taking photographs of what he wanted to say and after a while, learned how to explain the photograph and what he wanted to convey.
This was just the beginning of an amazing journey that led to Joshua being noticed by artist Antonius Roberts and the editor of Profiles 98 magazine.
“The editor of Profiles 98, Tercena Carey, has an unquenchable desire to ensure that every Bahamian artist or designer that is willing to hone their craft and is committed to truly representing The Bahamas globally gets an opportunity to do just that with some of the world’s most well-known individuals and entities as their captive audience,” Candis said.
“She has had many opportunities to meet with Joshua and view his work privately and at our recent exhibition (at Hillside House in January). She was so impressed with his ability, mostly because of his age but also because of his eye for detail.
“(So) she decided to give him a chance to showcase his work in the Winter 2013 issue of Profiles 98.”
Profiles 98 is distributed throughout The Bahamas as well as in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia, Guyana, Antigua, Bermuda and Haiti.
So far, Joshua’s work has been featured at the Bahamas National Trust Art and Wine Festival and Antonius Roberts’ Studio and Gallery at Hillside House, in addition to the magazine.
Source: Reva Cartwright
The Freeport News
