City in Stillnessa gallery of photographic art

2013

Nkem Obi-Melekwe

Artist StatementWith this gallery, I hoped to capture the beauty

inherent in the Queen City, the city of Charlotte, North Carolina. I use this gallery to make my personal memories of the Queen more tangible. Having lived half my life in New York before moving to the small town of Waxhaw, North Carolina, and then attending college in another small town, Boone, North Carolina, I feel as if I've lived a splintered life; a life that wavers between a yearning for urban growth and exploration and another that craves rural simplicity. Now, and throughout the entirety of my university experience, the beautiful and serene mountains of Boone has been where I lain my head. It is for this reason that I think that lately, as if part of my circadian clockwork, my mind has taken to wandering about like a city boy, trapped in the colors, the angles and the architecture of a city that I only take the time to see on lonely summer days.

Nkem Obi-Melekwe

Geo-MetropolitanJune 10, 2013Digital photography

Heart of the QueenJune 13, 2013Digital photography

Rock Bottom CaféJune 13, 2013Digital photography

Skewed View June 13, 2013 Digital photography

Trolley Stop June 10, 2013 Digital photography

All original photos taken and edited by Nkem Obi-Melekwe

Nkem is a music producer,

photographer, and senior undergraduate

student pursuing a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology. Born in New York, hailing from

Waxhaw, NC, and currently living in

Boone, NC, he spent the summer before his junior year of college teaching himself to take well-composed

and high-quality pictures. His skill and ambition for the craft

has only amplified since. Nkem’s main

interests are in staying up-to-date on world news and current events, taking &

editing photographs, making music,

engaging in scientific research, and meeting

with new people.