Statement
This series is inspired by my poem ”Hidden Realms”. The setting for many of the images is a fairytale landscape whose inhabitants are clouded in ambiguity. The ghostlike figures are reflections of the later years when beauty and youth begin to fade. They embody the feeling that one is becoming invisible and yet still present and powerful. The work speaks to family, memory, and the ethereal passage of time. The images are created using wet plate collodion. I scan and enlarge them to enhance the organic qualities of the medium.

Hidden Realms

Escaping into the solitude of nature

where time stands still,

One breathe to the next,

a respite for the body and the mind.

The creatures, each on their own journeys

wander nearby.

The melodies of the crickets and the frogs

resonate in their natural cadence

Oblivious to our chaos.

Can one linger here in invisibility…

disappearing into the hidden realms?

Perhaps not forever, but for a moment. – MAM

Bio
Mary Anne Mitchell is a fine art photographer working primarily with analog processes. Her most recent series Hidden Realms is shot using wet plate collodion. The images depict situations, often mysterious, which evoke her southern roots. She recently was a finalist in the 8th Edition of the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards and has been invited to exhibit some of this series in the 4th Biennial of Photography to be held in Berlin. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions across the country and can be found in private and corporate collections across the US, Dubai, Taiwan, and Canada. She lives in Atlanta, GA.

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AWARDS

Finalist in the 8th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards invited to exhibit in the Berlin Biennial. 2016

EXHIBITIONS
2019

Exhibition of photographs, “Gathered:, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA  April-June 2019

Exhibition of photographs, “The Big Picture”, Denver, CO, Mar-May 2019

Upcoming
Installation exhibit, Solo exhibition, Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta, GA  Oct. 2019

2018

“Meet Me in My Dreams”, 2 person Exhibit with Jeff Rich, Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Pensacola State College, FL Aug.-Oct. 2018

Exhibition of photographs, Colorado Center for Photography, Juried by Paula Tognarelli, May-July, 2018

“Meet Me in My Dreams”, Solo Exhibition, Mary G. Hardin Center for the Arts, Gadsden, AL   June-Aug. 2018

“Meet Me in My Dreams”, Solo Exhibition, Haas Gallery, Bloomsberg University, Bloomsberg, PA  Mar-May 2018

2017

Exhibition of photographs, “Gathered”, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA, May-July 2017

Exhibition of photographs, “The Big Picture”, Denver, CO, Mar.-May 2017

2016

“Meet Me in My Dreams”, Solo exhibit of photographs, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC Nov.1-Dec.31, 2016

Exhibition of photographs, 4th Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography, Palazzo Italia, Berlin, Germany,  Oct 6-30, 2016

“Meet Me in My Dreams”, Solo exhibit of photographs, Chastain Art Center, Atlanta, GA  August-Oct. 2016

“Meet Me in My Dreams”, Solo exhibit of photographs, Holzhauer Gallery, Mattie Kelly Arts Center, Niceville, FL.   May 23-July 23, 2016

2015

“Your Daily Photograph”, Featured photographer “Paris” section, Duncan Miller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Oct 12, 2015

“2nd Open Call Photography Exhibition”, Juried by Paula Tognarelli, Peter Miller Fine Art, Providence, RI, Oct-Nov. 2015

“Meet Me in My Dreams”, Solo exhibit of photographs, Allenton Gallery at the Durham Art Council, Durham, NC  Sept-Oct. 2015

“Director’s Cut”, Juried by Beth Lily, Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, GA  Sept. 2015

2014

“Altered Views”, Juried by S.Gayle Stevens, Lightbox Photographic, Astoria Oregon.   Oct. 2014

“Alice Curiouser and Curiouser”, Curated by Michelle Pizer, Cherrylion Gallery, Atlanta, GA  Sept, 2014

2013

“Magdalena”, curated by Joshua Mann Pailet, International House, New Orleans, LA  Dec. 2013-Jan 2014

“The Light Exhibition”, curated by Elizabeth Avedon and Jerry Atnip, Gallery One, Nashville, TN  June 2013

“Poetic Translation”, Solo Exhibition, Serenbe Photography Center, Palmetto GA, June -July 2013

“Postcard Collective”, Winter 2013 Exchange, Tucson, AZ.

New Directions 2013, curated by Ann Jastrab. Wall Space Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA and Seattle, WA.  Jan.-May 2013

6th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA.

Mar. 6-April 22, 2013

PAST EXHIBITIONS

Slow Exposure,  Juried by Julian Cox and Brett Ellis, Zebulon ,GA  Oct.2012

Summer’s Past, Exhibition of photographs, Red Filter Gallery, Lambertville, NJ  June-Nov. 2012

Poetic Translation, Solo Exhibition, Emory University Law Library Gallery, Atlanta, GA   June-Aug. 2012

Exhibition of photographs, Call and Response,  Juried by Josephine Sacabo and Dalt Wonk, New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA   April-May 2012

“Poetic Translation”, Solo Exhibition of Photographs, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, GA   Feb.- April 2012

“Metaphoric”, Exhibition of photographs, Wells Gallery, Charleston, SC   Oct. 2011

“Return to Kiawah”, Solo Exhibition of photographs, Wells Gallery, Kiawah Island, SC  Nov. 2010

“Fantastic Plastic”, Exhibition of photographs,  Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta, GA.  Oct. 2010

“Women’s Image”, Exhibition of photographs, Hagedorn Gallery, Atlanta, GA  Mar. 2010

Exhibition of Photographs, Hotel Indigo, Nashville, Tenn. Jan. 2010

Exhibition of photographs.  Hagedorn Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.  Dec. 2009

Exhibition of photographs, Juried by Julian Cox, photography curator High Museum of Art, Kai Lin Gallery, Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 2009

Exhibition of Photographs, Juried by Amy Miller, Atlanta Celebrates Photography: Snapdragon Gallery, Atlanta, Ga. Oct 2009

Exhibition of photographs ,Juried by Annette Cone-Skelton, MOCA GA. Zen Center, Atlanta, Ga. Sept. 2009

“Altered States”, Solo Exhibition of photographs,  Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, GA.   Feb.-Mar. 2009

Online exhibition of photographs, Plates to Pixels juried exhibit, Pacific NW Center for Photography,  Portland, Oregon, Dec.2008-Jan.2009

Exhibition of photographs, curated by Paula Katz, Biggins Gallery, University of Auburn, Auburn, AL Oct 2008

Exhibition of photographs, Ordover Gallery, Solana Beach, CA  Sept.-  2008

Exhibition of photographs, Juried by Fay Gold,  Art Station, Atlanta, Ga.  Sept-Oct. 2008

Exhibition of photographs, Juried show, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.  June 2008

Exhibition of photographs, Composition Gallery, Atlanta, Ga. Mar. 2008

“On Film”,  Varga Gallery, Woodstock, NY.  Oct. 2007

“Women in Focus XIV”, Juried by Susan Todd-Raque, Ferst Center for the Arts, Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 2007

“Reflecting Back”, Solo Exhibition of photographs.  Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, Ga.  April 2007

Exhibition of photographs,  Juried Show, Composition Gallery, Atlanta, Ga. March-April 2007

Exhibition of photographs, Juried by Julian Cox, High Museum of Art, GA:, Southeastern Flower Show.  Atlanta, Ga.  Feb. 2007

“Hand to Hand,” Group installation, Nashville, Tenn.  Nov. 2006

Exhibition of photographs, Wells Gallery, South  Carolina.  May, 2005-present

Exhibition of photographs, Mason Murer, Atlanta, Ga.  May 2004

Permanent Exhibition of photographs, The Sanctuary, Kiawah Island, SC.  Installed Nov. 2003

“Interstice”, Photo installation:  Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.  June 2002

Exhibition of photographs;  Art Farm.  Atlanta, Ga.  Dec. 2000

“Hysteria”, Photo Installation; Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.  Nov. 1999

“Jane Doe Herself”, Photo Installation; GA. Perimeter College Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.  1998

“Paper Dolls”, Exhibition of photographs; Atlanta Public Library, Atlanta, Ga.  1998

Photo Installation, collaborative exhibit with Jane Doe: City Gallery East, Atlanta, Ga.  Oct. 1997

Exhibition of photographs; Atlanta Public Library, Atlanta, Ga.  Mar. 1997

“The Automobile in Art”, collaborative exhibition with sculptor Clark Farmer; Art Gallery At Edison, Ohio.  Feb. 1997

Exhibition of photographs; Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta, GA.  1993

“Travels” Exhibition of photographs, Little Five Points Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.  1992

“Artists in Georgia” Exhibition of photographs; Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA.  1991

Exhibition of photographs; LaGrange National, LaGrange, Ga. 1988

Exhibition of photographs; Mattress Factory Show.  Atlanta, Ga.  1987

Exhibition of photographs; Alias Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.  1986

WEB

Lenscratch  December 2019

phMagazine  Pages 30-41  Ontario, Canada, May 2014

Tone Lit   UK,  June 2014

Burn Magazine  May 2011

hf gallery   March 2010

Art Relish April 2009

Plates to Pixels 2008

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