21ST CENTURY PORTRAITS - Michael Rababy & James Payne > Exhibition #1
Exhibition #1
Armineh Hovanesian/Disappear
HONORABLE MENTION
HONORABLE MENTION
Armineh Hovanesian was born in Paris, raised in Tehran and Boston, with a little over 2 years of dormancy in Lisbon. She is a photographer now based in Los Angeles, capturing moments since 2009. She is one of the early members of the iphoneography movement. She has had no professional training and is self-taught however her vision has been the driving force behind her creations.
Armineh has had numerous exhibitions in the US, Europe and Armenia. A few of her accolades include: 1st Annual Portrait of America - Silver Winner and be the recipient The Award of Distinction; 12th Edition of Julia Margaret Cameron Awards – Winner of Digital Manipulation & Collage category; Mobile Photographer of the Year – 2016 Lumier Photography Award; and Awardee of 7th Edition of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award 15 outstanding photographers.
She says, “My photographs are not generally planned in advance, and I do not anticipate that the onlooker will share my viewpoint. However, I feel that if my photograph leaves an image on the viewer’s mind, something has been accomplished. I see what eye see."
Armineh has had numerous exhibitions in the US, Europe and Armenia. A few of her accolades include: 1st Annual Portrait of America - Silver Winner and be the recipient The Award of Distinction; 12th Edition of Julia Margaret Cameron Awards – Winner of Digital Manipulation & Collage category; Mobile Photographer of the Year – 2016 Lumier Photography Award; and Awardee of 7th Edition of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award 15 outstanding photographers.
She says, “My photographs are not generally planned in advance, and I do not anticipate that the onlooker will share my viewpoint. However, I feel that if my photograph leaves an image on the viewer’s mind, something has been accomplished. I see what eye see."
Armineh Hovanesian/My brain hurts
Bonnie Blake/Connoisseurs of Leisure Time
Bonnie Blake says, "I am delighted to return to taking portraits of friends, family and passersby after the pandemic years that were full of still lives, landscapes and conceptual collages from my seascape images. My current project explores a formal but playful approach to making portraits of people immersed in their favorite places often engaged in activities that they love.
I create visual stories that attempt to honor each person’s uniqueness and given them freedom to express themselves. These photographs celebrate the simple but often profound moments of joy that occur in everyday life. They are the antithesis of “selfies” as we make these photographs together in a spirit of the mutual satisfaction found through collaboration. We are present for each other to enhance the experience of these moments.
Joy Harjo expresses this beautifully in her poem “Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings” written in 2015, “Humans are vulnerable and rely on the kindnesses of the earth and the sun; we exist together in a sacred field of meaning.”
Bonnie Blake is a photographic artist based in Los Angeles with roots in Louisville, Kentucky and New York City.
She uses a straightforward documentary approach as well as intentional camera movement to create traditional images created in camera as well as conceptual collages created with her own images.
Her work has been exhibited in venues including the Auburn Gallery, Photo Place Gallery, A. Smith Gallery, the Center for Fine Art Photography as well as Unbound12! at the Candela Gallery. She won honorable mention in the 2020 Creative Portrait Exhibit at the Los Angeles Center of Photography. She was awarded honorable mention in the Praxis Gallery 2023 Exhibit entitled “The Artist Intervenes”. Her work was featured in a Lenscratch an article in 2021 highlighting her project “Breakfast with the Los Angeles Times”, a document of daily life during the pandemic.
She has a BA in literature from Vanderbilt University, and a M.F.A. in Theatre from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She spent many years in the entertainment industry working as a camera operator on documentaries, features, episodic television and TED talks.
She studied still photography with Fran Antmann in New York City as well as in classes at the International Center of Photography, Maine Media Workshops and the Los Angeles Center of Photography .
I create visual stories that attempt to honor each person’s uniqueness and given them freedom to express themselves. These photographs celebrate the simple but often profound moments of joy that occur in everyday life. They are the antithesis of “selfies” as we make these photographs together in a spirit of the mutual satisfaction found through collaboration. We are present for each other to enhance the experience of these moments.
Joy Harjo expresses this beautifully in her poem “Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings” written in 2015, “Humans are vulnerable and rely on the kindnesses of the earth and the sun; we exist together in a sacred field of meaning.”
Bonnie Blake is a photographic artist based in Los Angeles with roots in Louisville, Kentucky and New York City.
She uses a straightforward documentary approach as well as intentional camera movement to create traditional images created in camera as well as conceptual collages created with her own images.
Her work has been exhibited in venues including the Auburn Gallery, Photo Place Gallery, A. Smith Gallery, the Center for Fine Art Photography as well as Unbound12! at the Candela Gallery. She won honorable mention in the 2020 Creative Portrait Exhibit at the Los Angeles Center of Photography. She was awarded honorable mention in the Praxis Gallery 2023 Exhibit entitled “The Artist Intervenes”. Her work was featured in a Lenscratch an article in 2021 highlighting her project “Breakfast with the Los Angeles Times”, a document of daily life during the pandemic.
She has a BA in literature from Vanderbilt University, and a M.F.A. in Theatre from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She spent many years in the entertainment industry working as a camera operator on documentaries, features, episodic television and TED talks.
She studied still photography with Fran Antmann in New York City as well as in classes at the International Center of Photography, Maine Media Workshops and the Los Angeles Center of Photography .
Bonnie Blake/Hidden treasure
Bonnie Blake/Late Afternoon Grace
All images are for sale. Please contact artist for sizing and pricing at bonniesblake@gmail.com
Bonnie Blake
bonniesblake@gmail.com
All images are for sale. Please contact artist for sizing and pricing at bonniesblake@gmail.com
Bonnie Blake
bonniesblake@gmail.com
Bonnie Blake/Lobby Lounge
Bonnie Blake/Through the Pink Lens
Bonnie Blake/World tour near Eagle Rock
Hadley Gustafson/Steven,Kahului,Maui,2022
FIRST PLACE
FIRST PLACE
REVIEW BY JURORS MICHAEL RABABY & JAMES PAYNE:
-James Payne
www.jamespaynephotography.com
Gustafson says, "I value empathy, inclusion, resonance, attunement, collaboration, and trust. There is joy and inspiration in nature; beautiful liminal light; ritual; teamwork; and the dance of anticipating a key gesture or definitive moment. There is gratitude for being invited into the intimacy of people between each other and with the built or natural environment."
Jurors: "What is your background?"
Jurors: "Tell us more about this portrait."
Gustafson: "This portrait is part of a larger body of work called HOME.
HOME is an intimate celebration seeking to portray the essence of diverse individuals from varying backgrounds, ages, and subcultures.
Through a series of portraits and semi-candids, this collection unfolds in the spaces these individuals call home.
Photographed on Maui and Oahu in 2022 and then in the continental U.S. in 2023, HOME delves into the rich array of spaces people discover, inhabit, and infuse with the vibrancy of life, often showcasing objects that embody personal identity.
HOME portrays a myriad of expressions of sanctuary. Sometimes home is a private refuge for relaxation. Sometimes home is a vibrant hub for family, friends, and pets.
Some people find and express their identity mirrored in a lifetime’s worth of curated treasures.
The quest extends to unconventional shelters like a house whose front awning serves as an entrepreneurial hub during bustling big-wave-surf days, or a living space tucked within a huge, industrial prop-house outside of Los Angeles.
The images within HOME share joy found in the interplay of light, ritual, storytelling, and the anticipation of a key gesture or definitive moment.
Ultimately, HOME is about consent, sharing consciousness, and using the lens to explore the profound meaning that different individuals experience and express within the concept of home."
Jurors: "What is your relationship with the subject?"
Gustafson: "Steven and I have been friends since 2017. Steven has been a standout among the free spirits of Maui, a dancer and musician, massage therapist, antiques collector, tour guide, and businessman.
(See above for series information.)"
Additional review by past juror Ellen Wallenstein:
“I'm really amused by and loving this image to represent "21st Century Portraits". Very Maui Wowee.
There is so much going on here in the details (yet my eye keeps getting drawn to his leopard skin sheath). Go figure...
But then, I look around at all the new-age accoutrements, like the big blue exercise ball and the colorful plastic rings hanging on that very ornate cabinet.
I'm interested in the kitchen water cooler and the microwave oven. I'm amused by the set of plastic light switches on the wall.
Usually I might nitpick the fact that both his left hand and foot are hidden but in this case it seems to be holding him in place.
That wall on the right gives us some respite from the vast amount of small details (the rug designs, the cabinets with their carved and inlaid designs, the crystals on the ceiling, the lotions and potions, the red feathers and what look like magic healing sticks on the black shiny dresser on the right.).
Steven of Maui looks a looks a bit like Allen Ginsberg of New York City, beamed into our present time.
Hoping he's a healer and a poet, both.”
www.ellenwallenstein.com
MORE ABOUT HADLEY GUSTAFSON:
Los-Angeles-based Hadley Gustafson's specialty is set photography / behind-the-scenes photography for film productions small and large. Besides being a delightful, respectful, problem-solving asset for any film crew, Hadley’s merits include having creatively flourished via a recent nine-year photo journey in Hawai'i where she photographed over 100 weddings and learned to hustle, connect with subjects, and capture all of the essential moments during a full-day/night event.
Hadley is currently an events photographer for American Cinematheque and editor for a feature-length documentary. She also enjoys creating street and nature photography.
As a Knight Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Hadley earned an M.A. degree in Multimedia Documentary Photojournalism and directed and collaborated on grant-funded projects that won many major journalism industry awards.
"I love this portrait for a number of reasons. I'm particularly drawn to environmental portraits because I like to get a view inside a person's inner world. Here we see how this man presents himself and how he lives. The pose and the confident costume choice complements the expression on his face perfectly. "
“I am always intrigued when a portrait tells me a lot about the subject; but somehow leaves me wanting to know a lot more. This image provides many details, but the in sum creates a bigger mystery…”
www.jamespaynephotography.com
Jurors Rababy and Payne ask Gustafson, "What is your relationship to photography?"
Gustafson says, "I value empathy, inclusion, resonance, attunement, collaboration, and trust. There is joy and inspiration in nature; beautiful liminal light; ritual; teamwork; and the dance of anticipating a key gesture or definitive moment. There is gratitude for being invited into the intimacy of people between each other and with the built or natural environment."
Jurors: "What is your background?"
Gustafson: "I am a contemporary fine art photographer based in Los Angeles. I enjoy creating portrait, street, and nature photography. Through a recent nine-year photo journey in Hawai'i, I creatively flourished by cultivating my talent of connecting with subjects and capturing intimate moments.
My commercial specialties are behind-the-scenes and events photo and video.
As a Knight Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I earned an M.A. in Multimedia Documentary Photojournalism and directed and collaborated on grant-funded projects that won several industry awards including the Grantham Prize.
I have been studying continuing advanced fine art photography with photographer, author, and teacher David Ulrich at Pacific New Media since 2018.
Two of my photos have been featured by YourDailyPhotograph by the Duncan Miller Gallery Los Angeles. My photo work has also been selected for juried exhibitions at Praxis Gallery in Minneapolis; Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center on Maui; and Pacific New Media’s annual Contemporary Photography in Hawai'i, for which my portfolios have been selected three times.
I have been a contributing photographer for “Human Rights Watch Magazine,” “Yoga Hawaii Magazine,” “Yoga Journal Japan,” and more."
My commercial specialties are behind-the-scenes and events photo and video.
As a Knight Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I earned an M.A. in Multimedia Documentary Photojournalism and directed and collaborated on grant-funded projects that won several industry awards including the Grantham Prize.
I have been studying continuing advanced fine art photography with photographer, author, and teacher David Ulrich at Pacific New Media since 2018.
Two of my photos have been featured by YourDailyPhotograph by the Duncan Miller Gallery Los Angeles. My photo work has also been selected for juried exhibitions at Praxis Gallery in Minneapolis; Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center on Maui; and Pacific New Media’s annual Contemporary Photography in Hawai'i, for which my portfolios have been selected three times.
I have been a contributing photographer for “Human Rights Watch Magazine,” “Yoga Hawaii Magazine,” “Yoga Journal Japan,” and more."
Gustafson: "This portrait is part of a larger body of work called HOME.
HOME is an intimate celebration seeking to portray the essence of diverse individuals from varying backgrounds, ages, and subcultures.
Through a series of portraits and semi-candids, this collection unfolds in the spaces these individuals call home.
Photographed on Maui and Oahu in 2022 and then in the continental U.S. in 2023, HOME delves into the rich array of spaces people discover, inhabit, and infuse with the vibrancy of life, often showcasing objects that embody personal identity.
HOME portrays a myriad of expressions of sanctuary. Sometimes home is a private refuge for relaxation. Sometimes home is a vibrant hub for family, friends, and pets.
Some people find and express their identity mirrored in a lifetime’s worth of curated treasures.
The quest extends to unconventional shelters like a house whose front awning serves as an entrepreneurial hub during bustling big-wave-surf days, or a living space tucked within a huge, industrial prop-house outside of Los Angeles.
The images within HOME share joy found in the interplay of light, ritual, storytelling, and the anticipation of a key gesture or definitive moment.
Ultimately, HOME is about consent, sharing consciousness, and using the lens to explore the profound meaning that different individuals experience and express within the concept of home."
Jurors: "What is your relationship with the subject?"
Gustafson: "Steven and I have been friends since 2017. Steven has been a standout among the free spirits of Maui, a dancer and musician, massage therapist, antiques collector, tour guide, and businessman.
(See above for series information.)"
Additional review by past juror Ellen Wallenstein:
“I'm really amused by and loving this image to represent "21st Century Portraits". Very Maui Wowee.
There is so much going on here in the details (yet my eye keeps getting drawn to his leopard skin sheath). Go figure...
But then, I look around at all the new-age accoutrements, like the big blue exercise ball and the colorful plastic rings hanging on that very ornate cabinet.
I'm interested in the kitchen water cooler and the microwave oven. I'm amused by the set of plastic light switches on the wall.
Usually I might nitpick the fact that both his left hand and foot are hidden but in this case it seems to be holding him in place.
That wall on the right gives us some respite from the vast amount of small details (the rug designs, the cabinets with their carved and inlaid designs, the crystals on the ceiling, the lotions and potions, the red feathers and what look like magic healing sticks on the black shiny dresser on the right.).
Steven of Maui looks a looks a bit like Allen Ginsberg of New York City, beamed into our present time.
Hoping he's a healer and a poet, both.”
www.ellenwallenstein.com
MORE ABOUT HADLEY GUSTAFSON:
Los-Angeles-based Hadley Gustafson's specialty is set photography / behind-the-scenes photography for film productions small and large. Besides being a delightful, respectful, problem-solving asset for any film crew, Hadley’s merits include having creatively flourished via a recent nine-year photo journey in Hawai'i where she photographed over 100 weddings and learned to hustle, connect with subjects, and capture all of the essential moments during a full-day/night event.
Hadley is currently an events photographer for American Cinematheque and editor for a feature-length documentary. She also enjoys creating street and nature photography.
As a Knight Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Hadley earned an M.A. degree in Multimedia Documentary Photojournalism and directed and collaborated on grant-funded projects that won many major journalism industry awards.
Hadley Gustafson/Charlotte,Queens,NY, 2023
Hadley Gustafson/Jaime,Brooklyn,NY, 2023
Hadley Gustafson/Luna&Souli, Haiku, HI, 2022
Hadley Gustafson/Merchant & Dog, Jaws Surfsite, Haiku, Maui, HI, 2023
Hadley Gustafson/Richard,Vernon,CA, 2023
Joshua Tann /A Glance Behind a Fan
Joshua Tann is a California-based fine art photographer. He believes that photography is the best medium for his artistic work because it gives him the most creative freedom. Most of his photographic images are influenced by his love of travel, art and architecture, something that was nurtured throughout his youth and adulthood. His childhood goal to be an architect was derailed by life circumstances, but his love and interest in architecture continued throughout his life. In 2011 photography became his medium to express this passion, despite his profession as a psychotherapist.
He received a certificate in Professional Photography from the New York Institute of Photography. He also received a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University as his formal education.
His creative process started every time he is drawn to a certain scene, event or object. Almost every image he took involved a building or a structure as the main object or background. This is consistent to his interest in architecture and how humanity interact with their environment, particularly the surrounding structures and buildings. Aesthetics will always be a factor during the first few seconds of selecting an image, followed by other factors, such as the relationships between shadow and light, perspective and structures or angles and environment. A final photograph would eventually emerge from this process as the expression of his creative interpretation of that image with the hope of inspiring the viewing public.
Although architecture is the basis of his photographic work, he is starting to develop interests in other subject matters in photography based on its visual perspective. This includes portraitures and street photography, where humanity can become the main subject in the context of its environment.
His work has been shown nationally in group exhibits including Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, TAG Gallery, Box Gallery in Portland, OR, ASmith Gallery in Johnson City, TX, The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, CO, Praxis Gallery in Minneapolis, MN, SXSE Gallery in Molena, GA, Atlanta Photography Group, Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, and Boston, MA. Internationally he had exhibited in London, Budapest, Tokyo, Barcelona and Paris. He was also selected by several international photography competitions for their awards.
Images for sale-
A Glance behind a Fan
Colorful Mask
Hiding from Reality
Size:
13" x 19"
Hahnemuhle archival paper
$ 400 unframed
Limited edition of 8
Signed in the back
Contact: Joshua Tann - joshtann@aol.com
He received a certificate in Professional Photography from the New York Institute of Photography. He also received a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University as his formal education.
His creative process started every time he is drawn to a certain scene, event or object. Almost every image he took involved a building or a structure as the main object or background. This is consistent to his interest in architecture and how humanity interact with their environment, particularly the surrounding structures and buildings. Aesthetics will always be a factor during the first few seconds of selecting an image, followed by other factors, such as the relationships between shadow and light, perspective and structures or angles and environment. A final photograph would eventually emerge from this process as the expression of his creative interpretation of that image with the hope of inspiring the viewing public.
Although architecture is the basis of his photographic work, he is starting to develop interests in other subject matters in photography based on its visual perspective. This includes portraitures and street photography, where humanity can become the main subject in the context of its environment.
His work has been shown nationally in group exhibits including Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, TAG Gallery, Box Gallery in Portland, OR, ASmith Gallery in Johnson City, TX, The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, CO, Praxis Gallery in Minneapolis, MN, SXSE Gallery in Molena, GA, Atlanta Photography Group, Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, and Boston, MA. Internationally he had exhibited in London, Budapest, Tokyo, Barcelona and Paris. He was also selected by several international photography competitions for their awards.
Images for sale-
A Glance behind a Fan
Colorful Mask
Hiding from Reality
Size:
13" x 19"
Hahnemuhle archival paper
$ 400 unframed
Limited edition of 8
Signed in the back
Contact: Joshua Tann - joshtann@aol.com
Joshua Tann/Colorful Mask
Karen Hochman Brown /Laura
Karen Hochman Brown says, “I was a bit of a math geek in high school, but went on to study my other love, art. The allure of geometry never left me—the precision, the interconnectedness, the beauty, the logic. I was drawn to the graphic nature of computer art in 1984. This world married the flexibility of art and the precision of mathematics into a virtually unlimited paintbox. The computer has been tied to my artwork, and my life, ever since. I never looked back.”
Karen Hochman Brown [USA, b. 1958] is an award-winning Los Angeles-based digital artist who uses her own photography as a base for manipulation in 2-D formats and animations. Explorations in this field have led to projects involving prints on fabric married to laser-cut wood elements as well as purely digital forays based in line, shape and movement. The work is sensitive to the inherent beauty of the subjects she captures as she strives to magnify that quality of beauty through focus and repetition. The resulting forms resonate in harmony and discord, creating unique energies.
Hochman Brown studied art at Pitzer College, California College of Art and Art Center College of Design, but self-developed her processes through experimentation, relying heavily on skills learned as a graphic designer.
She finds inspiration from Georgia O’Keeffe, Frank Stella, Salvador Dalí, Hilma af Klint and Agnes Pelton.
Hochman Brown has had solo shows with Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH), The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation, Santa Barbara, CA, Gallery 825 and TAG Gallery Los Angeles, California Center for Digital Art, Santa Ana, CA, The Gallery at Los Angeles County Arboretum, Arcadia, CA, Yuma Art Center, Yuma, AZ. She has participated in numerous group shows in the Los Angeles area, throughout the United States, and abroad.
IMAGES FOR SALE-
The Treachery of Technology
16” H x 12" W
Archival print on paper
$240 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back
Seeking a Matrix of Solutions
16” H x 12" W
Archival print on paper
$240 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back
My Pomegranate Whine
12” H x 12" W
Archival print on paper
$240 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back
Neil
14” H x 11" W
Archival print on paper
$240 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back
Shannon
18.33” H x 13.75" W
Archival print on paper
$240 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back
Laura
18.33” H x 13.75" W
Archival print on paper
$240 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back
Contact: Karen Hochman Brown
hochmanbrown@gmail.com
Karen Hochman Brown [USA, b. 1958] is an award-winning Los Angeles-based digital artist who uses her own photography as a base for manipulation in 2-D formats and animations. Explorations in this field have led to projects involving prints on fabric married to laser-cut wood elements as well as purely digital forays based in line, shape and movement. The work is sensitive to the inherent beauty of the subjects she captures as she strives to magnify that quality of beauty through focus and repetition. The resulting forms resonate in harmony and discord, creating unique energies.
Hochman Brown studied art at Pitzer College, California College of Art and Art Center College of Design, but self-developed her processes through experimentation, relying heavily on skills learned as a graphic designer.
She finds inspiration from Georgia O’Keeffe, Frank Stella, Salvador Dalí, Hilma af Klint and Agnes Pelton.
Hochman Brown has had solo shows with Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH), The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation, Santa Barbara, CA, Gallery 825 and TAG Gallery Los Angeles, California Center for Digital Art, Santa Ana, CA, The Gallery at Los Angeles County Arboretum, Arcadia, CA, Yuma Art Center, Yuma, AZ. She has participated in numerous group shows in the Los Angeles area, throughout the United States, and abroad.
IMAGES FOR SALE-
The Treachery of Technology
16” H x 12" W
Archival print on paper
$240 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back
Seeking a Matrix of Solutions
16” H x 12" W
Archival print on paper
$240 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back
My Pomegranate Whine
12” H x 12" W
Archival print on paper
$240 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back
Neil
14” H x 11" W
Archival print on paper
$240 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back
Shannon
18.33” H x 13.75" W
Archival print on paper
$240 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back
Laura
18.33” H x 13.75" W
Archival print on paper
$240 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back
Contact: Karen Hochman Brown
hochmanbrown@gmail.com
Karen Hochman Brown/My Pomegranate Whine
Karen Hochman Brown/Neil
Karen Hochman Brown/Seeking a Matrix of Solutions
Karen Hochman Brown/Shannon
Kathryn Dunlevie/Atchafalaya (Kathryn)
Kathryn Dunlevie says of her series, ‘Mistick Krewes’, “In New Orleans in 1857 a newly formed secret society, the Mistick Krewe of Comus, began the tradition of celebrating Mardi Gras with a torch-lit procession of extravagant floats. My series, Mistick Krewes, is an homage to the rich jumble of that city’s overlapping heritages and the still perceptible aura of its tempestuous history. Since its founding in 1718, New Orleans’ cultural, political and natural landscapes have been continually invaded and eroded, bought and sold, enriched and transformed.
A visitor to New Orleans might pass through districts, buildings and gardens that exhibit the intertwining of centuries of Native American, Spanish, French, African and American influences. City streets are named for Greek muses, native tribes and 18th-century French nobility. Surrounding swamplands are swallowed by encroaching gulf waters. The atmosphere is charged with an air of mystery, a strange sense of desire, and a whiff of something hazily remembered, beckoning from just around the next corner. It is a place where history is revered, and where it can sometimes be ‘mistickally’ re-experienced.
In these works I am combining my photographs with imagery from popular as well as archival sources. Adding layer upon layer, revisiting each composition again and again, I am working toward scenarios that compel even as they may mislead. Interweaving elements from nature, history and contemporary life conjures up landscapes populated with plants, wildlife, and otherworldly beings, evoking lost times and the Mardi Gras traditions that celebrate them.”
Kathryn Dunlevie has always been intrigued by spatial and temporal inconsistencies, and by every individual’s particular and shifting sense of what is real. Fragmenting, reassembling and layering images, she suggests the fluidity of space and time and the complex psychologies of the entities she portrays.
Born in Atlanta, Dunlevie lived in six different states by the time she was 12, and in Paraguay when she was 16. She has a B.A. in fine arts from Rice University and studied art history and film at the University of Paris, painting at California College of the Arts, and photography in Madrid.
She has received numerous awards and fellowships, including two Arts Council Silicon Valley Artist Laureate Fellowships. Her work has been exhibited in China twice at the Pingyao International Photography Festival, in Moscow with the US Art in Embassies Program, at Toronto’s Gallery TPW, and in the United States at FotoFest International, San Francisco Camerawork, PhotoAlliance, the Southeast Museum of Photography, Washington DC’s Art Museum of the Americas, and the Institute of Contemporary Art San Jose.
Her work has been reviewed in Spain’s La Fotografia Actual, Korea’s photo +, and in Germany’s Profifoto, as well as in Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Arts, Visual Art Source, and AestheticsToday.blogs.
A visitor to New Orleans might pass through districts, buildings and gardens that exhibit the intertwining of centuries of Native American, Spanish, French, African and American influences. City streets are named for Greek muses, native tribes and 18th-century French nobility. Surrounding swamplands are swallowed by encroaching gulf waters. The atmosphere is charged with an air of mystery, a strange sense of desire, and a whiff of something hazily remembered, beckoning from just around the next corner. It is a place where history is revered, and where it can sometimes be ‘mistickally’ re-experienced.
In these works I am combining my photographs with imagery from popular as well as archival sources. Adding layer upon layer, revisiting each composition again and again, I am working toward scenarios that compel even as they may mislead. Interweaving elements from nature, history and contemporary life conjures up landscapes populated with plants, wildlife, and otherworldly beings, evoking lost times and the Mardi Gras traditions that celebrate them.”
Kathryn Dunlevie has always been intrigued by spatial and temporal inconsistencies, and by every individual’s particular and shifting sense of what is real. Fragmenting, reassembling and layering images, she suggests the fluidity of space and time and the complex psychologies of the entities she portrays.
Born in Atlanta, Dunlevie lived in six different states by the time she was 12, and in Paraguay when she was 16. She has a B.A. in fine arts from Rice University and studied art history and film at the University of Paris, painting at California College of the Arts, and photography in Madrid.
She has received numerous awards and fellowships, including two Arts Council Silicon Valley Artist Laureate Fellowships. Her work has been exhibited in China twice at the Pingyao International Photography Festival, in Moscow with the US Art in Embassies Program, at Toronto’s Gallery TPW, and in the United States at FotoFest International, San Francisco Camerawork, PhotoAlliance, the Southeast Museum of Photography, Washington DC’s Art Museum of the Americas, and the Institute of Contemporary Art San Jose.
Her work has been reviewed in Spain’s La Fotografia Actual, Korea’s photo +, and in Germany’s Profifoto, as well as in Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Arts, Visual Art Source, and AestheticsToday.blogs.
Kathryn Dunlevie/Avoyelles (Vera)
Kathryn Dunlevie/Charybdis (Magdalena)
Kathryn Dunlevie/Erato (Savannah)
Kathryn Dunlevie/Hurricane (Katrina)
Kathryn Dunlevie/The Rebirth of Venus (Magdalena)
Leanne Trivett S./Barcelona Balconies, Self-Portrait
SECOND PLACE
SECOND PLACE
Leanne Trivett S. says, "I am a visual artist that uses photography to narrate and construct identity in Experimental Self Portraiture, to explore subjects in emotional abstract, and to create images that show how details and color interact in the world.
My theatrical and vocal performance background inspires me to explore psyche, spirit, ego, and soul: creating current characters with personal and dynamic stories.
I like to capture scenes from my play, and I also like the out takes. It is my desire to connect to the viewer in a meaningful way by exploring multiple sides of me: the light and dark, the quiet and the movement, and the smooth and textured. I use my camera and eye for detail to visit the complicated fringe of my personality and my relationships. Every photo I take is a part of my curiosity and “double” inner world. I seek a connection to self and the audience in that space of duality, building a bridge through emotion and humanity. All of my imagery is created by personal photographs that I take with my cameras."
Leanne Trivett S. is a photographer and visual artist using her personal photographs to explore experimental self portraiture, florals, and the emotional abstract. She graduated with a BFA in Theatre from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in NY, NY.
Her background in musical theatre and her experience performing as a professional singer have inspired her creation of characters and self expression through images and photography.
She is best known for her colorful and current self portraits and her work with florals.
Leanne’s artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally in venues like the Los Angeles Center for Photography, the Griffin Museum of Photography in Boston, CfPA in Carmel, CA, KFF FotoFest 2024 in Karuizawa in Japan, Millepiani Gallery in Rome Italy, PH21 Gallery in Budapest, Fotonostrum Gallery in Barcelona, Spain, etc.
Her Work has been published and can be seen on the cover and in several issues of Art Ascent International Magazine, ARTDOC Magazine, SHOTS Magazine, Dodho Magazine in Barcelona for Monochrome, Color, Portrait, and Fine Art Awards in 2022, 2023, 2024, several editions of Black & White Magazine, and in multiple special edition exhibition books.
She was chosen as Winner and Honorable Mention for The 18th and 20th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Women Photographers in Barcelona Spain for 2022 and 2023, Refocus Award for COLOR in Conceptual Photography, placed second in People and Portraits for Digital Photo 2022, and received honorable mention in the ND Awards.
She is currently teaching at Sante Fe Workshops, SE Center for Photography, Chicago Botanic Garden, Pacific Northwest Art School on Whidbey Island near Seattle, and giving Art Talks on Zoom in such places as the UK and Chicago.
She spends her free time traveling and creating in her artist studio near Asheville, NC. All of her imagery comes from photos she takes with her cameras.
All images for sale - contact artist for sizing and pricing art@LeanneTrivettSphotography.com
My theatrical and vocal performance background inspires me to explore psyche, spirit, ego, and soul: creating current characters with personal and dynamic stories.
I like to capture scenes from my play, and I also like the out takes. It is my desire to connect to the viewer in a meaningful way by exploring multiple sides of me: the light and dark, the quiet and the movement, and the smooth and textured. I use my camera and eye for detail to visit the complicated fringe of my personality and my relationships. Every photo I take is a part of my curiosity and “double” inner world. I seek a connection to self and the audience in that space of duality, building a bridge through emotion and humanity. All of my imagery is created by personal photographs that I take with my cameras."
Leanne Trivett S. is a photographer and visual artist using her personal photographs to explore experimental self portraiture, florals, and the emotional abstract. She graduated with a BFA in Theatre from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in NY, NY.
Her background in musical theatre and her experience performing as a professional singer have inspired her creation of characters and self expression through images and photography.
She is best known for her colorful and current self portraits and her work with florals.
Leanne’s artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally in venues like the Los Angeles Center for Photography, the Griffin Museum of Photography in Boston, CfPA in Carmel, CA, KFF FotoFest 2024 in Karuizawa in Japan, Millepiani Gallery in Rome Italy, PH21 Gallery in Budapest, Fotonostrum Gallery in Barcelona, Spain, etc.
Her Work has been published and can be seen on the cover and in several issues of Art Ascent International Magazine, ARTDOC Magazine, SHOTS Magazine, Dodho Magazine in Barcelona for Monochrome, Color, Portrait, and Fine Art Awards in 2022, 2023, 2024, several editions of Black & White Magazine, and in multiple special edition exhibition books.
She was chosen as Winner and Honorable Mention for The 18th and 20th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Women Photographers in Barcelona Spain for 2022 and 2023, Refocus Award for COLOR in Conceptual Photography, placed second in People and Portraits for Digital Photo 2022, and received honorable mention in the ND Awards.
She is currently teaching at Sante Fe Workshops, SE Center for Photography, Chicago Botanic Garden, Pacific Northwest Art School on Whidbey Island near Seattle, and giving Art Talks on Zoom in such places as the UK and Chicago.
She spends her free time traveling and creating in her artist studio near Asheville, NC. All of her imagery comes from photos she takes with her cameras.
All images for sale - contact artist for sizing and pricing art@LeanneTrivettSphotography.com
Leanne Trivett S./ Exploring My Space, Self-Portrait
Leanne Trivett S./Unarmed Passion, Self-Portrait
Leanne Trivett S./Pixie Sticks and Florals, Self-Portrait
Leanne Trivett S./Queen's Pose, Self-Portrait
Leanne Trivett S./Time in Tokyo, Self-Portrait
www.LeanneTrivettSphotography.com
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