Carey Neal Gough

Carey Neal Gough lives and works in Lexington, KY.  Her work explores the intersection of the natural world, memory, and emotion—where dream and reality sit side by side. She photographs in places where time, weather, and wildness are the dominant forces, offering a quiet reminder that we are not separate from the natural world, but of it—deeply connected to something older, enduring, and elemental. In addition to her freelance practice, she is also a part-time instructor at the University of Kentucky and teaches community darkroom classes through UK's Fine Arts Institute.

Carey received a BA First Class Honours in Photography from Hereford College of Arts and an MFA in Documentary Photography from the University of Wales, Newport. Her work has been exhibited internationally and nationally, including the Cincinnati FotoFOCUS Biennial, the Louisville Photo Biennial, Ffotogallery (Wales, UK), the Hereford Photography Festival (UK), and Institute 193 in Lexington, KY.  Her work has also been featured in the Creem Magazine, The Bitter Southerner, Queer Kentucky, the Oxford American’s Eyes on the South, and RawFile.