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Karen Palmer

Passages

Fine art photographs built from accumulated observations of place.

My artwork is rooted in my professional practice as an architectural photographer, where I became interested in how different viewpoints—what is revealed, obscured, or seen from another angle—shape the way a place is remembered and felt.


Like a painter, I build each work in layers, bringing together multiple observations rather than preserving a single moment. Structure, atmosphere, and fragments of place overlap until the image feels complete. These works offer an experience of place that extends beyond what is first seen.



Selected Limited Edition Fine Art Prints Coming Soon

Fine art architectural photograph from the Passages series by Karen Palmer, featuring layered interior space and multiple viewpoints
Doorway, Santa Cecilia, Rome 2026
Fine art photographic spatial composite layering views of Forest Park and the modern, tiered facade of the One Hundred building in St. Louis into an intricate, minimalist architectural composition.
City in the Park, Forest Park St. Louis 2026
Fine art architectural photograph from the Passages series by Karen Palmer, featuring layered views of Hallgrimskirkja in Reykjavik, Iceland with multiple perspectives and overlapping moments
Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland 2026
Artwork depicting View from the Peggy Guggenheim in Venice, Italy
Peggy's Venice
Layered Icelandic landscape with a small white church, distant cliffs, wetlands, and overlapping figures walking along a wooden path.
Walking Thingvellir
Fine art  photograph from the Passages series by Karen Palmer, featuring layered views of the Oregon Coastline with multiple perspectives and overlapping moments
Oregon Coastline, USA 2026
A spatial composite fine art print of multiple overlapping moments on a Venice canal, featuring a centered gondola prow, gold carvings, and ghosted figures of gondoliers. Red is dominant color
Take a Ride, Venice 2026
Fine art architectural photograph from the Passages series by Karen Palmer, featuring layered views of St Peter’s Square in Vatican City with overlapping perspectives and crowds
St Peter's Square, Vatican City, 2026
Fine art architectural photograph from the Passages series by Karen Palmer, featuring layered views of a Rome city street with overlapping perspectives and a solitary figure
Rome, City View, 2026
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