Artist Book, 3.5”x4” closed, 1 of 3 unique editions
Autobiography is a word and image accordion book started as a b&w film self-portrait series. When I saw a narrative of growth and hope, it became a book. I’m drawn to accordion books by their likeness to miniature gallery walls. Even tiny accordion books make the viewer feel as though they’re walking through them, as their eyes move along the accordion to experience them when fully open. In this book I also considered rhythm and musicality to aid in this movement between images.
Bio
Elizabeth Buckley is a photography based Artist-Educator, whose current preoccupations are image sequencing, assemblage, social and cultural considerations and humor. She often presents her work in handmade artist books and installations. In addition to digital photography, she has also worked in graphic design, set design for theatre, and enjoys mixed media and experimental photographic processes. Buckley has exhibited her work nationally. Most recently, Buckley taught Digital Imaging, Illustration, and InDesign to Fashion Communication and Merchandising Students at Lasell College. In the past, she taught extensively in the Photography & Media Arts Dept. at Chester College of New England (Chester, NH). The highlights of her time there was facilitating a study
abroad residency in Ireland at the Burren College of Art (Ballyvaughan, County Clare), and guiding advanced students in Directed Study projects. Buckley earned her MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College (Plainfield VT) in 2005, which informs her current art practice and teaching. She also holds a BA in Photography from Salem State University (Salem MA).
Elizabeth Buckley teaches the Photography Atelier beginning in the Fall 2021.
Statement
On Tenterhooks is a single-edition, handmade accordion book.
To be on tenterhooks is to wait nervously for something to happen. Anxiety is a fracturing process that takes our world’s structure and splits it, tearing what we understand into cross sections of confusion and panic. The book fractures the images into a distorted jumble, forcing you to contort your body into a new position to clearly see the images. The audience must meet the book halfway to view it correctly, a connection that was purposely made to symbolize how difficult it can be to understand anxiety from the outside.
About
Jordan Funk is a Photographic Artist currently based in Rochester, NY. She received her MFA in Photography & Related Media from the Rochester Institute of Technology and her BFA in Photography and Fine Art from Texas Woman’s University. Her work explores our complex understanding of identity and focuses on how photography connects us to images.
Statement
Birth…to originate or be responsible for creating something; delivery, beginning, origin…I am.
The Birth Book is a unique object. The individual images were created on a 3M Color-In-Color copy machine, sewn onto handmade Kozo Japanese paper, and then mounted onto red fabric. The object is a form of an accordion book, using heavy cardboard for the front and back covers. Red ribbon was added to both covers, and is tied on each side, when the book is closed.
Ancient scrolls, and illuminated manuscripts greatly influenced me in the creation of The Birth Book. The format of the physical object epitomizes the passage of time and space, within the telling of my story. The unraveling of the scroll provides movement, and exemplifies the connection between the individual pages, as individual frames in a film are connected to create progression within the storyline.
The 3M Color-in-Color photocopier works similarly as the dye-transfer process. The final image is created by the passing of filters (red, yellow and blue) three separate times. Using the subtractive color process, superimposition on the printing paper was created by colored powder (magenta. yellow and cyan matrixes) adhering to the printing paper via a chemical reaction to heat. Various knobs and buttons adjusted contrast, saturation, and density of the three-color process.
Bio
Laura Krasnow, born in New York City, has lived and traveled throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia.
In addition to being a freelance photographer, she has worked as an assistant editor in feature films, and been trained in film preservation and restoration. Her artwork has been exhibited throughout the United States and Europe, and is in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art, and The Brooklyn Museum.
Her passion is art, science and technology. After obtaining an MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she returned to school to study math, physics and computer science. Laura has attended seminars at the Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics, and the Centre for Brain and Mind, both in Canada.
From the Photographer – Alyssa Minahan
NOTES is a visual poem on the impermanence of our lived experiences and the beauty to be found in its acceptance. When I began making this work, I had suffered a profound personal and physical loss. At the same time, I was seeking ways to describe the liminal period in my sons’ lives between boyhood and adolescence, specifically their emotional and physical independence from me as their mother. To give form and meaning to these experiences, I turned to the materiality of the photographic medium, creating objects that question established notions of process and permanence.
The objects in NOTES – emulsion lifts, unfixed and partially fixed photograms, gelatin silver prints, film and chemigrams – continually shift and change, sometimes deteriorating into nothing while other times evolving into something more beautiful. Multiples of the same image – a cloud, inverted as both its positive and negative – reflect notions of chance and potentiality. A fingerprint left on the emulsion of an unfixed chemigram acts as a witness to human presence. These unique photographic objects, with their imperfections and variability, are evidence of the only constant – change.
Book photographs courtesy of Datz Press.
2019
18 x 25 cm
46 pages
Soft cover / Pamphlet stitch
Limited Edition of 100 copies. Each copy includes a unique photographic object.
Published by Datz Press (Seoul, South Korea).
BIO Alyssa Minahan utilizes photographic materials, including unfixed gelatin silver paper and large format negatives, in non-traditional ways to express ideas integral to the medium of photography, specifically its complex relationship to time, space and memory. In September 2019, Alyssa released NOTES, a handmade photo book published by Datz Press (Seoul, South Korea). NOTES is held in the collections of The New York Public Library, International Center for Photography Library, Amon Carter Museum of American Art Research Library, Stanford University Library, California College of the Arts Library and Massachusetts College of Art and Design Morton R. Godine Library. Alyssa has exhibited her work at numerous galleries and museums, including the Datz Museum of Art (Seoul, South Korea), Center for Creative Photography (Tucson, Arizona), Pingyao International Photography Festival (Shanxi, China), Photographic Center Northwest (Seattle, Washington) and Boston University Art Galleries (Boston, Massachusetts). In addition, her work has been featured in Harper’s Magazine, Art New England and Phases Magazine. Alyssa is the recipient of the 2017 Massachusetts College of Art and Design Graduate Teaching Fellowship and is currently a Lecturer of Photography in the the Department of Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College, Boston.
Dana Fritz: Views Removed Limited Edition Artist Books
Signed, limited edition, hand bound accordion book with embossed outer cover, vellum inner cover, 14 images, title page, colophon and short text describing the work. This self-published artist’s book by Dana Fritz, bound by Datz Press, brings the vertical images from Views Removed into an accordion format reminiscent of Japanese folding screens.
The photographs in Views Removed render trees, stones and other natural materials in ways that their scale and perspective become ambiguous, combining more than one negative to create a “landscape view” that exists only in the final print. The composition and contrast in the resulting gelatin silver prints emulate the white paper background and equivocal space in ink painting traditions that are free from the technical constraints of photography. The photographs are inspired by questions about Eastern and Western pictorial space, landscape as construct, and the inherent tension between the real and ideal. (This edition is sold out.)
Signed, limited edition handscroll with ten 4″x10″ images, title, and short text describing the work printed on Murakumo Kozo paper.
This self-published artist’s book bound by the artist brings the horizontal images from Views Removed into an handscroll format that encourages the viewer to choose the landscape view at arm’s length, even combining multiple images into new landscapes.
About the Book “It was there all along” is a handmade artist’s book containing 22 tintype images printed on double-sided matte Red River Paper. The photographs address topics concerning water, including recreation, food, droughts, flooding and coastal erosion. The cover art is relief printed on handmade cotton rag paper and the edition numbers are letterpress printed on cotton rag end sheets.
The first hardcover edition is limited to 55 copies.
Book measures approximately 8.875 x9 x .375″
* Color of handmade paper varies from one book to the next.
Published by Old Fan Press
Materials
Canapetta bookcloth, PVA, double sided matte Red River Paper, Irish linen thread, handmade paper, cotton rag paper, davey book binders board, book board, inkjet prints, oil based ink, Bookcloth, PVA glue, rag paper
Artist Bio
Oxford American Magazine and NPR have written about Frank Hamrick’s art. His work is collected by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Frank is the MFA graduate program coordinator and Professor at Louisiana Tech University’s School of Design in Ruston.
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Education
2005 Master of Fine Arts, Photography, New Mexico State University
2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, The University of Georgia
TeachingExperience
2019-Present Professor, School of Design, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston
2016-Present MFA Graduate Program Coordinator, School of Design, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston
Fall 2016 Mentor, Academy of Art University, Online MFA Mentor Program, San Francisco, California
2012-2019 Associate Professor, School of Design, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston
Fall 2013 Visiting Professor, University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy
Spring 2009 Mentor, The Art Institute of Boston, Low Residency MFA Mentor Program
2007-2013 Photography Area Coordinator, School of Art, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston
Spring 2008 Assistant Professor, French Quarter Studies Abroad, Louisiana Tech University, Paris, France
2006-2012 Assistant Professor, School of Art, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston
Summer 2006 Maine Media Workshops, Rockport College, Rockport, Maine
Spring 2006 Visiting Professor, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
Fall 2005 Visiting Professor, University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy
Workshops
07/15-16/2020 Alternative photo processes workshops, Tennessee Arts Academy, Online Conference
01/29/2020 One day letterpress workshop for advanced typography students, Two Classes, School of Design
09/25/2019 One day graduate bookmaking workshop, School of Literature & Languages, Louisiana Tech University
09/07/2019 One day bookmaking workshop, Durango Arts Center, Durango, Colorado
08/24/2019 One day bookmaking workshop, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia
08/03/2019 One day bookmaking workshop, University of Louisiana at Monroe
10/20-21/2018 Two-day photography bookmaking workshop, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
10/03/2018 One day graduate bookmaking workshop, School of Literature & Languages, Louisiana Tech University
09/15/2018 One day PSA poster design workshop for high school students, Ruston Artisans, Ruston, Louisiana
07/08-20/2018 Two week bookmaking workshop, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
05/14/2018 One day bookmaking workshop, Girl Scout Troop, Ruston, Louisiana
04/20/2017 One day photo bookmaking workshop, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith
10/12/2016 One day graduate bookmaking workshop, School of Literature & Languages, Louisiana Tech University
09/16/2016 One day bookmaking workshop, School of Visual Arts & Design, University of North Texas, Denton
07/12-14/2016 Bookmaking & alternative process workshops, Summer Design Camp, Louisiana Tech University
06/04/2016 One day tintype workshop, Paper Workers Local, Birmingham, Alabama
03/05/2016 One day bookmaking workshop, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana
03/03/2016 One day tintype workshop, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
10/30/2015 One day letterpress workshop, University of Louisiana at Monroe
10/19/2015 One day bookmaking workshop, Girl Scout Troop, Ruston, Louisiana
02/20/2015 One day tintype workshop, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama
02/07/2015 One day bookmaking workshop, Makers Union, Ruston, Louisiana
10/03/2014 One day bookmaking workshop, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
07/12/2014 One day bookmaking workshop, New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, Louisiana
03/09/2014 One day bookmaking workshop, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
04/20-21/2013 Two day bookmaking workshop, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana
03/29-30/2013 Two day tintype workshop, Department of Art, University of South Carolina, Columbia
02/27-28/2013 Two day tintype workshop, Department of Art & Art History, University of Texas at San Antonio
12/06/2012 One day bookmaking workshop, Three Classes, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, LA
10/10/2012 One day graduate bookmaking workshop, School of Literature & Languages, Louisiana Tech University
08/04/2012 One day bookmaking workshop, New Orleans Photo Alliance
Summer 2012 Two week papermaking and book arts workshop, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
Spring 2012 Six-session bookmaking workshop, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana
03/16/2012 One day bookmaking workshop, Department of Art, Nicholls State University, Thibodeaux, Louisiana
Lectures
09/21/2020 It was there all along, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, Online Lecture
09/21/2020 It was there all along, University of Kansas, Online Lecture
09/03/2020 It was there all along, Louisiana State University, Online Lecture
07/14/2020 It was there all along, Tennessee Arts Academy, Online Conference Lecture
07/09/2020 It was there all along, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Online Lecture
04/23/2020 It was there all along, Southeastern Louisiana University, Online Lecture
10/19/2019 For The Love Of Photo Books, Panel Discussion, SPESE Chapter Conference, Richmond, Virginia
10/11/2019 Every Picture Tells A Story, Panel Discussion, SPESC Chapter Conference, Lubbock, Texas
09/06/2019 It was there all along, Durango Art Center, Durango Colorado
08/22/2019 It was there all along, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia
10/19/2018 My face tastes like salt, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
07/12/2018 My face tastes like salt, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
05/03/2018 Artist Statements, Bossier Parish Community College, Bossier, Louisiana
03/13/2018 Graduate School, School of Performing & Visual Arts, University of Louisiana at Monroe
10/14/2017 Artist Book Panel Discussion, SPE South Central Conference, Baylor University, Waco, Texas Other panelists: Sha Towers, Shana & Robert Parkeharrison
08/21/2017 Harder than writing a good haiku, Watkins College of Art, Design & Film, Nashville, Tennessee
05/12/2017 Harder than writing a good haiku, Houston Center for Photography
02/27/2017 Harder than writing a good haiku, Memphis College of Art
12/01/2016 Creating Photographic Work at the College Level, New Orleans Center for Creative Art High School
11/21/2016 Harder than writing a good haiku, Department of Art, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville
09/15/2016 Harder than writing a good haiku, School of Visual Arts & Design, University of North Texas, Denton
03/01/2016 Sometimes Rivers Flow Backwards, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
09/01/2015 Sometimes Rivers Flow Backwards, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens
08/26/2015 Sometimes Rivers Flow Backwards, Watkins College of Art, Design & Film, Nashville, Tennessee
02/26/2015 Careers In The Arts, Boy Scout Troop, Ruston, Louisiana
02/19/2015 I Want To Believe, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama
04/24/2014 I Want To Believe, Liberal Arts Symposium, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston 03/10/2014 Tintypes & Handmade Books, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
11/20/2013 I Want To Believe, School of Performing & Visual Arts, University of Louisiana at Monroe
09/17/2013 I Want To Believe, John D. Kehoe Center, University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy
03/28/2013 A Rabbit Runs In A Circle, Department of Art, University of South Carolina, Columbia
02/28/2013 Keep Moving, Department of Art & Art History, University of Texas at San Antonio
02/21/2013 Keep Moving, Online Lecture, Art Department, West Virginia Wesleyan College
11/30/2012 Keep Moving, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts
10/04/2012 A Rabbit Runs In A Circle, Livaudais Studio, Monroe, Louisiana
07/01/2012 Tintypes & Handmade Books, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
03/16/2012 Handmade Photography Books, Department of Art, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana
10/26/2011 Keep Moving, Enterprise Center, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana
Galleries/Book Dealer Representation
2018-Present Penland Gallery, Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina
2018-Present The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2015-Present Photo-Eye Books & Prints, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2020 Student Portfolio Reviewer, Society for Photographic Education Annual Conference, Houston
2020 Student Portfolio Reviewer, College Book Arts Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
2019 Student Portfolio Reviewer, SPE South Central Chapter Conference, Lubbock, Texas
2019 Student Portfolio Reviewer, Bossier High School Art Break
2018 Mentor, High School Public Service Announcement Poster Workshop, Ruston Artisans, Louisiana
2018 Juror, Bossier Parish Community College, Bossier, Louisiana 2
018 Juror, Hinds Community College Annual Student Show, Raymond, Mississippi
2017 Consultant, Creative Presence: A Guide, by Cyndi Coon, Cognella, Inc. Academic Publishing
2016 Juror, High School Art Contest, North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Ruston
2015 Technical Editor, Photography – 11th Edition, by London, Stone & Upton, Pearson/Prentice Hall Publishing
2015 Juror, High School Art Contest, Bossier Arts Council, Bossier City, Louisiana 2014 Technical Editor, Introduction to Photography, by Mark Galer, Focal Press
2013-Present Collections Committee, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana
2012 Consultant, Holga Handbook, book proposal by Michelle Bates, Focal Press 2012 Consultant, No Plastic Sleeves, by Danielle Currier, Focal Press
2012 Technical Editor, Photography – 10th Edition, by London, Stone & Upton, Pearson/Prentice Hall Publishing
2007-Present Student Portfolio Reviewer, Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Annual Spring/Fall Conferences
Professional Organizations
2017-Present College Book Art Association (CBAA), Rochester, New York
2017-Present North American Hand Papermakers / Friends of Dard Hunter, New York, New York
2015-Present Aperture Foundation, New York, New York
2010-Present New Orleans Photo Alliance (NOPA)
2009-Present Houston Center for Photography (HCP)
2008-Present Texas Photographic Society (TPS), San Antonio, Texas
2007-Present Twin City Art Foundation, Monroe, Louisiana
2002-Present Society for Photographic Education (SPE), Cleveland, Ohio
Permanent Collections
2020
Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Special Collections, Tulane, New Orleans, Louisiana Savannah College of Art & Design, ACA Library, Artists’ Book Collection, Atlanta, Georgia Vanderbilt University, Jean & Alexander Heard Library, Nashville, Tennessee University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Art Library University of Connecticut, Dodd Research Center, Special Collections, Mansfield University of Georgia, Hargrett Library, Special Collections, Athens Savannah College of Art & Design, Jen Library, Special Collections and Savannah, Georgia
2019
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Research Library, Fort Worth, Texas University of Arizona, Special Collections Library, Tucson University of California Santa Cruz, McHenry Library, Special Collections Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia Aperture Foundation Library, New York, New York Watkins Library and Trinity College, Connecticut, Hartford
2018
Candela Books & Gallery, Richmond, Virginia Watkins Library, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles and California Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia
2017
Candela Books & Gallery, Richmond, Virginia Aperture Foundation Library, New York, New York Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Research Library, Fort Worth, Texas, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, Massachusetts Baylor University, Central Libraries Special Collections, Waco, Texas Savannah College of Art & Design, ACA Library, Artists’ Book Collection and Atlanta, Georgia
2016
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Research Library, Fort Worth, Texas Roy Flukinger, Private Collection, Senior Research Curator, Harry Ransom Center, Austin, Texas Vanderbilt University, Jean & Alexander Heard Library, Nashville, Tennessee Savannah College of Art & Design, ACA Library, Artists’ Book Collection, Atlanta, Georgia and Aperture Foundation Library, New York, New York
2015
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Photography Collection, Fort Worth, Texas Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings, Private Collection, Nashville, Tennessee Art Institute of Chicago, Flaxman Library, Artists’ Book Collection, Chicago, Illinois Aperture Foundation Library, New York, New York Baylor University, Central Libraries Special Collections, Waco, Texas Pratt Institute, Franklin Furnace, Brooklyn, New York Museum of Contemporary Art, London Candela Books & Gallery, Richmond, Virginia Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, Georgia Vanderbilt University, Jean & Alexander Heard Library, Nashville, Tennessee Savannah College of Art & Design, and ACA Library, Artists’ Book Collection, Atlanta, Georgia
2014
University of California at Santa Barbara, Special Collections Library University of Utah, Special Collections Library Museum of Contemporary Art, London Jean & Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee and Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings, Private Collection, Nashville, Tennessee
2013
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana and Vanderbilt University, Jean & Alexander Heard Library, Nashville, Tennessee
2012
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana Joshua Mann Pailet, Private Collection, Owner, A Gallery For Fine Photography, New Orleans, Louisiana Baylor University, Central Libraries Special Collections, Waco, Texas Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia University of Kentucky, Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library, Lexington Texas Woman’s University and Blagg-Huey Library, Woman’s Collection, Denton
2011
Houston Center for Photography Red River Paper, Dallas, Texas Texas Woman’s University, Department of Visual Arts, Denton George Slade, Private Collection, Curator & Photography Critic, Minneapolis, Minnesota University of Texas at Arlington, Fine Arts Library Handmade Book Collection, Arlington Savannah College of Art & Design, ACA Library, Artists’ Book Collection, Atlanta, Georgia and The Weeks Gallery, State University of New York, Jamestown
Select Exhibitions/Events
2020
35th Annual Penland School Of Crafts Annual Benefit Auction, Penland, North Carolina Unbound 9, Candela Books & Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Curator: Gordon Stettinius Capital City Contemporary 5: Water, Louisiana Art & Science Museum, Baton Rouge, Curator: Lexi Adams Off The Wall, Annual Silent Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana Art On 45 Annual Silent Auction, Fine Line Supply Company, Ruston, Louisiana American Advertising Federation Shreveport-Bossier Gala, Artspace, Shreveport, Louisiana College Book Arts Association Benefit Auction & Members’ Showcase, Ace Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana Press and Fold: Contemporary Book Arts, Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, Colorado, Curator: Brandy Coons Overwhelming (Im)Possibilities: SPESC Caucus Exhibition, Houston Community College, Juror: Haley Berkman #50 @ $50 A Small Works Exhibition, North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Gallery 210, Ruston, Louisiana North Central Louisiana Arts Council Silent Auction, Ruston Civic Center, Ruston, Louisiana 6x6x2020 and Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, New York
2019
It was there all along, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia – Solo Exhibition It was there all along, Durango Arts Center, Art Library Gallery, Durango, Colorado – Solo Exhibition 34th Annual Penland School Of Crafts Annual Benefit Auction, Penland, North Carolina Art Through The Lens, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky, Juror: Cheryl Zibisky SPESC Members’ Exhibition, School of Art Satellite Gallery CASP, Texas Tech University, Lubbock SPESE Portfolio Walkthrough, Candela Gallery, Richmond, Virginia PhotoNOLA PhotoWALK, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana #50 @ $50 A Small Works Exhibition, North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Ruston Artisans, Ruston, Louisiana North Central Louisiana Arts Council Silent Auction, Ruston Civic Center, Ruston, Louisiana Off The Wall, Annual Silent Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana Serving Our Designers, Tornado Relief Fundraiser, Ruston Farmers’ Market, Ruston, Louisiana This Is Life, Ruston Artisans, Ruston, Louisiana, Curator: Todd Maggio Artoberfest Auction, North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Ruston, Louisiana Holiday Arts Tour, Norton Building, Ruston, Louisiana 2018 My Face Tastes Like Salt, Focus Gallery, University of Arkansas at Little Rock – Solo Exhibition SPE South Central Members’ Exhibition, Firehouse Gallery, Baton Rouge, Juror: Russell Lord The Past Is Present, Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, Curator: Beth Lilly 24th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, Massachusetts, Juror: Richard McCabe 2018 Black & White Exhibition, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, Juror: Catherine Couturier SPE Orlando Discoveries, Tammy Cromer Gallery, Dallas, Texas and 33rd Annual Penland School Of Crafts Annual Benefit Auction, Penland, North Carolina
2018
Benefit Auction, Light Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina Month of Photography Los Angeles Photo Book Exhibition, Venice Arts, Venice, California 12th Annual Louisiana Fine Arts Show, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 31st Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana Peach Festival Art Exhibit, Ruston Civic Center, Ruston, Louisiana – 1st Place, 3D Category North Central Louisiana Arts Council Silent Auction, Ruston Civic Center, Ruston, Louisiana #50 @ $50 A Small Works Exhibition, North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Ruston, Louisiana Session 4 Scholarship Fundraiser Auction, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina Holiday Art Exhibit, Bank of Ruston, Ruston, Louisiana Holiday Arts Tour, Fine Line Supply Company, Ruston, Louisiana Spring Romance, Ruston Artisans, Ruston, Louisiana Off The Wall Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana Holiday Art Crawl Group Exhibition, Ruston Artisans, Ruston, Louisiana Small Works for the Young Collector, Levee Gallery, Monroe, Louisiana 6x6x2018, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, New York Portraits and Ruston Artisans, Ruston, Louisiana
2017
Harder than writing a good haiku, Fellowship Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Juror: Andy Adams 2017 Photobook Independent, Photo Independent & The Los Angeles Festival of Photography – 1st Place 2nd Juried Photobook Exhibition, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro – Juror’s Choice Award 54th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, Juror: Gia Hamilton – Award of Merit Art Through The Lens, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky, Juror: Eliot Dudik – Third Place Sometimes Rivers Flow Backwards, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith – Solo Exhibition Currents 2017, PhotoNOLA, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, Juror: Richard McCabe Portfolio Showcase 10 Exhibition, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Juror: Hannah Frieser Unbound 6, Candela Books & Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Curator: Gordon Stettinius SPE South Central Members’ Exhibition, Cultivate 7twelve, Waco, Texas, Juror: Deborah Lillie Trace: Contemporary Photographers – Antiquarian Photography, Central Michigan University Baber Room Gallery, Curator: Rebecca Zeiss 59th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Juror: Betsy Bradley Griffin Museum of Photography 23rd Juried Exhibition, Winchester, Massachusetts, Juror: Hamidah Glasgow The Summer Show, South x Southeast Photo Gallery, Molena, Georgia, Curator: Julie Grahame Roco 6×6, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, New York Photography and the Artist Book: First Edition, Fall Line Press, Atlanta, Georgia, Curator: Bill Boling Woodstock Summer of Love, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Curator: Hannah Frieser 50 @ $50, Parish Press, North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Ruston, Louisiana Off The Wall Silent Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana School of Design Faculty Exhibition and SOD Galleries, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston
2016
American Photographs, 1845 to Now, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Curator: Joy Jeehye Kim Recalling, Three-Person Exhibition, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Curator: Trace Robertson Americana Music Triangle, 2016 Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Orleans, Juror: Sacha Lecca, Rolling Stone Deputy Photo Editor 53rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, Juror: Holly Hughes – Second Place A Sense of Place: Contemporary Images of Lincoln Parish, Bank of Ruston, Louisiana – Purchase Award Water, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, Juror: Richard McCabe – Honorable Mention Ink, Press, Repeat: National Juried Printmaking & Book Art Exhibition, William Paterson University, Juror: Phil Sanders Direct Positive / Polaroids, lightleaked.com, online exhibition, Jurors: Ashley Kauschinger and Jen Ervin Art Melt, Capitol Park Museum, Baton Rouge, LA, Jurors: Bradley Sumrall, Amy Moorefield, Elizabeth Weinstein North Central Louisiana Arts Council Silent Auction, Ruston Civic Center, Ruston, Louisiana School of Design Faculty Art Exhibition, Co:lab, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston Off The Wall Silent Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana
2015
Record, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama – Solo Exhibition Makers Marks, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, Curator: Ben Hickey – Three Person Exhibition SPESC Members’ Exhibition, MAINSITE Contemporary Art, Norman, Oklahoma, Juror: Katherine Ware Art Melt, Capitol Park Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Jurors: Kitty Pheney, Keene Kipper, Patty Ortiz Award Winners from Beneath The Covers, Gallery III, Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, Missouri 9th Photographic Image Biennial Exhibition, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Juror: Burk Uzzle Unbound 4, Candela Books & Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Curator: Gordon Stettinius Book Signing, Photo-Eye Books, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, New Orleans Penland School Of Crafts Annual Benefit Auction, Penland, North Carolina 2015 Project Postcard, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces Contemporary Perspectives In Photography, Studio 301, Ruston, Louisiana, Curator: Hannah Cooper McCauley Members’ Pinup Show, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana Biennial Italy Auction, University of Texas at Arlington Off The Wall Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana North Central Louisiana Arts Council Silent Auction, Ruston Civic Center Biennial Faculty Exhibition, School of Art, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston Downtown Art Crawl, The Big Room, Monroe, Louisiana, 2015Peach Art Exhibit, and Ruston Civic Center, Ruston, Louisiana – First Place North Central Louisiana Arts Council – Arts Tour, Ruston, Louisiana – First Place Juror’s Choice Award
2014
Home, Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival, Georgia Perimeter College – Solo Exhibition Currents 2014, PhotoNOLA, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, Juror: Roy Flukinger Engaging Possibilities, SPESC Members’ Exhibit, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro Breaking Ground: Contemporary Photography, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, Curator: Eliot Dudik Pathways: Photography Invitational, McMaster Gallery, University of South Carolina, Columbia Cortona Studies Abroad Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens Diversions, Press Street Reading Room, New Orleans, Louisiana, Jurors: Friedrich Kerksieck & Luba Zygareqicz 51st Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, Juror: Kelly Schindler How We See Her, Foundry Arts Center, St. Charles, Missouri, Juror: Janice Nesser-Chu North Central Louisiana Arts Council Arts Tour, Makers Union, Ruston GO CARE Auction, Garden Inn, Monroe, Louisiana North Central Louisiana Arts Council Silent Auction, Ruston Civic Center, Ruston, Louisiana, Love 146 Silent Auction, Ruston, Louisiana, Off The Wall Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana and 2014 Louisiana Peach Festival Arts & Crafts Show, Ruston Civic Center
2013
I Want To Believe, University of Louisiana at Monroe – Solo Exhibition Mostra – Cortona Studies Abroad Exhibition, Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy Art of Photography Show, The San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California, Juror: Julia Dolan Tangibles: Beauty and Purpose in the Art of the Book, North Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff Jurors: Susan kae Grant and David Williams Beneath The Covers, Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, Missouri, Juror: M.J. Goerke – Group Award Winner Artists’ Books, Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Curator: Kathy Smith Fear and Loathing, Online Exhibition, artphotoindex.com, Juror: Kate Ware Art Melt, Capital Park Museum, Baton Rouge, Jurors: Jordana Pomeroy, Susan Edwards, Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker 55th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Juror: Monica Bowman Tintypes, Visual Resource Center, Department of Art & Art History, University of Texas at San Antonio North Central Louisiana Arts Council – Arts Tour, Fine Line Supply Company, Ruston Biennial Faculty Exhibition, School of Art, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston Panchromatic, Gallery Fine Art Center, Bossier Arts Council, Bossier, Louisiana ARTini, Bossier Arts Council, Bossier, Louisiana 2013 Louisiana Peach Festival Arts & Crafts Show, Ruston Civic Center 50th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, Juror: George T.M. Shackelford Domestic Abuse Resistance Team Auction, American Society of Interior Designers, Ruston, Louisiana Off The Wall Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana and North Central Louisiana Arts Council Silent Auction, Ruston Civic Center, Ruston, Louisiana
2012
A Rabbit Runs In A Circle, Livaudais Studio, Monroe, Louisiana, October – Solo Exhibition Keep Moving, PhotoNOLA, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts – Two-Person Exhibit Works on Paper, LeQuire Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee, Curator: Elizabeth Cave New Southern Photography, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, Curator: Richard McCabe Photographing The Landscape, Fine Arts Center, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Curator: Brad Cushman Elements of Photography Invitational, John Jellico Gallery, Art Institute of Colorado, Denver, Curator: A.F. Belt Currents 2012, PhotoNOLA, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Curator: Richard McCabe Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained, SPESC Members Exhibit, Mississippi State University, Starkville Penland Annual Benefit Auction, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina 11th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Juror: Anne Lyden 2012 Louisiana Peach Festival Arts & Crafts Show, Ruston Civic Center Penland Summer Instructor Exhibit, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina 49th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, Juror: Liza Simone 2012 North Central Louisiana Arts Council Silent Auction, Ruston Civic Center and Off The Wall Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana
2011
Keep Moving, Enterprise Center, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana – Solo Exhibition Visual Evolution, SPENW Conference, SFCC Photography Gallery, Spokane, WA – Two-Person Exhibition 2011 Chowan University National Juried Exhibition, Murfreesboro, NC, Juror: Maxine Payne – Best in Show A River Runs Through It, SPESC Members’ Exhibition, University of Texas at San Antonio, Curator: Libby Rowe Seeing Myself, Seeing Others: The Art of the Portrait, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Juror: Andy Bloxham Meltdown: 2011 Members’ Exhibition, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas 2011 Juried Exhibition, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon, Juror: Raymond Meeks 2nd Annual Zine and Self-Published Book Fair, The Camera Club of New York 7th Photographic Image Biennial Exhibition, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, Juror: Keith Carter 10th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Juror: Natasha Egan 48th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, Juror: Alison de Lima Greene 24th Annual McNeese Works on Paper, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, Juror: Dan Cameron 2011 North Central Louisiana Arts Council Silent Auction, Ruston Civic Center and Off The Wall Silent Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana
Select Grants and Awards
2020 Best of Show, 2020 American Advertising Federation (AAF) Awards Shreveport-Bossier Gold Addy, Sales & Marketing Publication Design/Book Design, AAF Shreveport-Bossier
2018 Student Technology Fee Grant, Louisiana Tech University, Print Lab Upgrades First Place, 3D Category, Peach Festival Art Exhibit, Ruston, Louisiana
2017 HCP Fellowship, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas, Juror: Andy Adams 1st Place – Artists’ Books, Photobook Independent, Photo Independent & The Los Angeles Festival of Photography Juror’s Choice Award, 2nd Photobook Exhibition, Vermont Center for Photography, Juror: Henry Horenstein Award of Merit, 54th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana Third Place, Art Through The Lens, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky, Juror: Eliot Dudik
2016 Best Photography Books of 2016, Elizabeth Avedon Book Design, New York Second Place, 53rd Annual Masur Museum of Art Juried Exhibition, Monroe, Louisiana Purchase Award, A Sense of Place Exhibition, North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Ruston Honorable Mention, 2016 Art Melt Exhibition, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Honorable Mention, Water Exhibition, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
2015 Student Technology Fee Grant, Louisiana Tech University, Digital Photography & Video Lab Upgrades Juror’s Choice Award, Holiday Arts Tour, North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Ruston First Place Award, Louisiana Peach Festival, Ruston
2014 President’s Artist Of The Year Award, North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Ruston Honorable Mention, Louisiana Peach Festival, Ruston
2013 Nominee, F. Jay Taylor Undergraduate Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts, Louisiana Tech University Group Show Winner, Beneath The Covers, Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, Missouri
2012 Career Advancement Grant, Louisiana Division of the Arts
2011 Best in Show, Chowan University National Juried Exhibition Merit Award, Creative Quarterly Magazine, Issue 22
Select Reviews
Brad Freeman, “Book Reviews”, Journal of Artist’s Books, #47/48, Spring 2020, p. 28
Brandy Coons, “Artist Talk with Frank Hamrick”, Firehouse Art Center, Online Interview, April 17th, 2020
Callie Robbins, “Talking Photography with Frank”, Girl Uninspired, Podcast, Episode 9, March 23rd, 2020
Victoria Arnold, “Featured Artist”, North Central Louisiana Arts Council (NCLAC), Online, November 19th, 2019
Hannah O’Hare Bennett, “Featured Artist”, North American Hand Papermakers, Online, October 21st, 2019
Virginia Green, “Featured CBAA Artist”, College Book Art Association, Online, October 1st, 2019
Aline Smithson, “Frank Hamrick: It was there all along”, Lenscratch.com, September 23rd, 2019
Jeff Rich, “Eyes on the South – Water Feature”, OxfordAmerican.org, September 4th, 2019
Angelita Faller, “UA Little Rock Exhibit Features Artwork of Frank Hamrick”, UALR University News, October 4th, 2018
Esther Griffin, “Q&A: Frank Hamrick”, Atlanta Photography Group, Online Interview, August 21st, 2018
John Guidroz, “Works on Paper”, American Press, March 29th, 2018
“With each loss of my 11 babies, I kept mementos. They are all kept pristinely stored in a white box in my closet, as are the memories of their short lives kept pristinely stored in my heart.”
My series Lost is based on my personal experience. It had been ten years since my last loss and I had never shared these mementoes with anyone as they were private and personal and go to the core of my emotions both heartwarming and heart wrenching simultaneously. I have read the assertion that meaningful art occurs when you share yourself and create from the depths of your soul. So I shared. Creating this series has both served to honor these precious lives, as well as bring a voice to my personal plight. I am hopeful that in sharing these images I will touch the lives of numerous women who have experienced or are in the midst of experiencing the painful loss of a baby. They are not alone in their journey.
I created my Lost images in a humble and pristine fashion in direct correlation to their short and pure lives.
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Bio
Dianne Yudelson is an award winning photographic artist and founder of New Eclecticism Photography. Her images have been published in over 50 countries on 6 continents. Publications include the Washington Post, International New York Times, The New Yorker, CNN, Musée, Slate Magazine, Self, MilionKobiet, Harper’s Bazar, Ladepeche, Linda, and the Daily Mail. Dianne is the creator and editor of The New Eclecticism Photography online magazine debuting in 2020.
Notable exhibitions which included Dianne’s work were in the Natural History Museum; National Geographic Museum; Griffin Museum of Photography; The FENCE in Photoville NY, Boston, Houston and Atlanta; The Center for Fine Art Photography; MOPLA Smashbox Studios; Espace Dupon, France; Chaing Mai Festival, China; Kolga Tbilisi, Georgia; The Warehouse Gallery, Malaysia; Rooftop Farmani Gallery, Thailand; St. Andrew’s University, Scotland; and the Municipal Heritage Museum, Spain.
Dianne’s top photographic honors include “Photographer of the Year” titles from three acclaimed international competitions; Black and White Spider Awards, International Color Awards, and World Photography Gala Awards. She is a two time Critical Mass Finalist who also received a Julia Margaret Cameron Award; First Place awards in Fine Art at the International Photography Awards; GOLD awards in Fine Art Paris Photography Prize; Grand Prize Winner in the New York Center for Photographic Arts; Gold medalist San Francisco International Exhibition; and honors in the London International Creative Competition for four consecutive years.
Dianne graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of California, Berkeley.
“My fascination with photography began upon the realization that, in addition to being a wonderful means of documentation, photography can also be used as a fine art medium. My style is eclectic. In the fine tradition of eclectic artists, from DaVinci to Uelsmann, I embrace the challenge of exploring varied subjects and forms of expression. By that I mean, neither subject matter nor genre solely defines my images; they are defined by my artistic aesthetic.”
“Throughout my life art has been the one true common thread, the stitches that bind my chapters together. As a photographic artist, I embrace the ability to spotlight my point of view and give a voice to my imagination.”
Images of Lost book photographed by Dianne Yudelson. May be purchased here for $450 plus tax and shipping.
2015
5.5 x 7.5 inch, Soft Cover, Accordion Binding, 33 pages
Limited edition of 100 numbered copies, each copy includes an original print (inkjet print on rice paper by the artist).
Printed and bound by Datz Books
Self-published
Encounters contains portraits of trees taken on winter nights when the silhouettes of trees become more distinctive and human senses more acute. Minny Lee sees each tree as having as its own personality. She photographed trees in the wetlands of New Jersey and during travels in France. The images are reflections of her inner state and childhood memories. For this edition, Datz Press of South Korea painstakingly connected each sheet of paper to make a 176-inch long accordion book, following the artist’s original design. Tucked inside of the back cover is a critical essay by renowned curator and critic, Gabriel Bauret. Each book of the limited edition of 100 copies is signed, numbered, and comes with a 5×7-inch original print on rice paper made by the artist.
As a career photojournalist, I have been photographing issues about immigration for decades. My intimate experience with this subject has allowed me to witness the hypocrisy of today’s immigration policies. It has also made me keenly aware that I too am an immigrant, a white immigrant. In this time of heightened scrutiny of immigrants from some parts of the world I am deeply troubled by what is happening and at the same time acutely aware of the advantages being a white immigrant has granted me.
My project “Privileged” is a reaction to the disparities I recognize because of the color of my skin.
In “Privileged” I juxtapose staged photographs of my white skin with images I have taken, while working as a photojournalist, that speak to different aspects of immigration. “Privileged” represents my personal experience as well as the current “sacredness” of white United States of America and the perceived ”invasion” by people who do not look liked the privileged group.
Note: the skin images have been partially re-touched to give a “pristine” fake reality leaving the hidden part of each image un-retouched.
Bio Born in Göteborg, Sweden, Ann Inger Johansson primarily uses documentary photography to look at social, political and environmental issues, from today’s heated debates about immigration to the long-term consequences of climate change.
Ann has 20 years of experience working as a freelance photojournalist for publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Le Monde, The Smithsonian and Der Spiegel among many others.
Ann was commissioned by Klimahaus, a 200,000 sq. ft. educational space about climates and climate change in Bremerhaven, Germany, to travel to six countries and document people living in different climate zones. Her work can be seen throughout “The Journey” exhibition.
Her photographs are part of The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, permanent collection and she recently exhibited in group shows at FotoNostrum in Barcelona, Spain and at the Houston Center for Photography in Houston, USA.
Ann Inger Johansson is based in Los Angeles.
CV
Professional Summary
Ann Inger Johansson has 20 years of experience working as a freelance photojournalist. Ann is committed to a long-term project visually connecting causes, effects and impacts of climate change globally with the ultimate goal of making all aspect of climate change relatable on a personal level.
Professional Experience 1998 – Present
Photographing news, features, and portraits within the United States and internationally on a full-time basis for numerous clients including Associated Press, Bild am Sonntag, The Chicago Tribune, Der Spiegel, Getty Images, The Globe and Mail, Handelsblatt, Klimahaus Museum, Le Monde, Los Angeles Times, Medecins Sans Frontieres, MSNBC.com, New York Times, Pacific Institute for Women’s Health, The Smithsonian Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Stern Magazine, UCLA Health System and UNICEF.
Public Collection
The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA.
Book Publication
Johansson, A. (2015). CAUSE + CELEB: 90 Portraits + 40 Causes = 1 Mission . San Rafael, CA: Channel Photographics.
Exhibitions
2019
13th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition, FotoNostrum, Barcelona, Spain.
2017
Annual Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, TX, USA.
2015
Solo Exhibition. CAUSE+CELEB, The Braid, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
2009
Annenberg Space for Photography, Picture of the Year International Slide Show.
Publications
Author: Morelli, Jenny. USA: CSR en ny trend . Fotografisk Tidskrift 6.2012.
Author: Smith, Rosalind, The Path of Ann Johansson; A Life Dedicated to Recording Humanity, Shutterbug . 2005.
On-line Publications
The Guardian . Climate Visuals photography award 2019: winners and shortlisted . 2019.
Author: Smithson, Aline. Privileged . Lenscratch , Fine Art Photography Daily . 2018.
Dab Art’s Quarterly Arts Publication GENESIS.2018.
Awards & Recognition
2019
Climate Visuals Photography Award 2019. Winner
14th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Honorable Mention, Landscapes & Seascapes, Series, Flooded,
14th Julia Margaret Cameron Award
Prix de la Photographie Paris, Honorable Mention, Portrait Series, Illuminated
Prix de la Photographie Paris, Honorable Mention, Street Photography, Coal Transporters
International Photography Awards, 2nd Place, Portrait Series, Illuminated
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Portrait Single, Illuminated
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Deeper Perspective, The Face of Coal
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Feature story, The Face of Coal
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Environmental Single, Coal Burned
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Environmental Single, Coal Coked
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Environmental Single, Coal Extracted
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Environmental Single, Coal Transported
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, People, Children, Coal Transported
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Environmental Single, Flooded
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Environmental Single
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, People, Street Photography, Coal Transported
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Environmental Single, Oil Extracted
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Environmental Series, Flooded
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Environmental Single, Innundated
13th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Winner, Portrait Series.
13th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Honorable Mention, Documentary & Reportage Series.
13th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Honorable Mention, Landscapes & Seascapes Series.
2014 Judging RICOH Theta 360 Degree Camera Competition.
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Media Photographers.
National Press Photographers Association.
Press Photographers of Greater Los Angeles.
Svenska Fotografers Förbund (Sweden).
Society of Environmental Journalists.
SoCal Science Writing
At the market, I pick each one up, pulled in by the shapes as they sit together, waiting. I feel its heft in my hand, enjoy the textures of the skin or peel, and begin to look closer and closer. The patterns on each individual surface marks them as distinct. I push further still, discovering territory unseen by the casual observer, a new land. I am like a satellite orbiting a distant planet, taking the first-ever images of this newly envisioned place.
This project started as an homage to Edward Weston’s Pepper No. 30 (I am, ironically, allergic to peppers). As I looked for my subject matter at the market, I found that I wasn’t drawn to just one single fruit or vegetable. There were so many choices, appealing to both hand and eye. I decided to print in black and white to help make the images visually more about the shapes, and not about guessing which fruit is smoothest, which vegetable is greenest.
Artistic Purpose/Intent
Artistic Purpose/Intent
Tricia Gahagan
Photography has been paramount in my personal path of healing from disease and
connecting with consciousness. The intention of my work is to overcome the limits of the
mind and engage the spirit. Like a Zen koan, my images are paradoxes hidden in plain
sight. They are intended to be sat with meditatively, eventually revealing greater truths
about the world and about one’s self.
John Chervinsky’s photography is a testament to pensive work without simple answers;
it connects by encouraging discovery and altering perspectives. I see this scholarship
as a potential to continue his legacy and evolve the boundaries of how photography can
explore the human condition.
Growing my artistic skill and voice as an emerging photographer is critical, I see this as
a rare opportunity to strengthen my foundation and transition towards an established
and influential future. I am thirsty to engage viewers and provide a transformative
experience through my work. I have been honing my current project and building a plan
for its complete execution. The incredible Griffin community of mentors and the
generous funds would be instrumental for its development. I deeply recognize the
hallmark moment this could be for the introduction of the work. Thank you for providing
this incredible opportunity for budding visions and artists that know they have something
The photographs in Views Removed render trees, stones and other natural materials in ways that their scale and perspective become ambiguous, combining more than one negative to create a “landscape view” that exists only in the final print. The composition and contrast in the resulting gelatin silver prints emulate the white paper background and equivocal space in ink painting traditions that are free from the technical constraints of photography. The photographs are inspired by questions about Eastern and Western pictorial space, landscape as construct, and the inherent tension between the real and ideal. (This edition is sold out.)
This self-published artist’s book bound by the artist brings the horizontal images from Views Removed into an handscroll format that encourages the viewer to choose the landscape view at arm’s length, even combining multiple images into new landscapes.
