A MINDFUL LANDSCAPE- Donna Cosentino & Karen Hymer > HONORABLE MENTIONS: Jodie Hulden "Lucent", Matt Connors "In the Beginning was the Dream", Annie Lemoux "Almost Nothing", John Santoni "Concretion" & Laurel Anderson "White Sands"
HONORABLE MENTIONS: Jodie Hulden "Lucent", Matt Connors "In the Beginning was the Dream", Annie Lemoux "Almost Nothing", John Santoni "Concretion" & Laurel Anderson "White Sands"
Jodie Hulden/Lucent
HONORABLE MENTION
HONORABLE MENTION
JODIE HULDEN:
"I am a fine art, contemplative photographer focusing on the visual poetry of intimate spaces, both wild and man-made. Since I have always been drawn to Asian philosophy, aesthetics, and poetry, I find that those themes permeate my artwork in what I regard as “visual haiku”. I also love to convey texture and often find myself pulling out of chaotic scenes the essence of the textural beauty that I find in nature.
In February 2017 I was honored to be the artist-in-residence at Zion National Park. I was an award winner in 2018 at the Center Choice Awards in Santa Fe, NM for my “Left Behind” portfolio.
In 2019 I was selected as one of the 200 Critical Mass Finalists for my “Seeing Silence” work. Also in 2019 I published a book with Dark Spring Press of “Left Behind”. In 2022 I received an honorable
mention for my “Hidden Places” portfolio in the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards in Barcelona.
I have exhibited nationally at the Center for Photographic Arts in Carmel, the Center of Fine Art Photographer in Fort Collins, the Yosemite Renaissance Exhibition, the PhotoPlace Gallery in Vermont and the Photographer’s Eye Gallery in Escondido. My work has been featured in On Landscape Magazine, Black +White Magazine (UK) and BETA magazine."
Image for Sale -
Lucent 9”H x 9”W
Archival paper
$225 unframed
Limited edition of 15
Signed on back
Contact: Jodie Hulden
jodiehulden47@gmail.com
www.jodiehulden.com
www.instagram.com/jodiehulden
"I am a fine art, contemplative photographer focusing on the visual poetry of intimate spaces, both wild and man-made. Since I have always been drawn to Asian philosophy, aesthetics, and poetry, I find that those themes permeate my artwork in what I regard as “visual haiku”. I also love to convey texture and often find myself pulling out of chaotic scenes the essence of the textural beauty that I find in nature.
In February 2017 I was honored to be the artist-in-residence at Zion National Park. I was an award winner in 2018 at the Center Choice Awards in Santa Fe, NM for my “Left Behind” portfolio.
In 2019 I was selected as one of the 200 Critical Mass Finalists for my “Seeing Silence” work. Also in 2019 I published a book with Dark Spring Press of “Left Behind”. In 2022 I received an honorable
mention for my “Hidden Places” portfolio in the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards in Barcelona.
I have exhibited nationally at the Center for Photographic Arts in Carmel, the Center of Fine Art Photographer in Fort Collins, the Yosemite Renaissance Exhibition, the PhotoPlace Gallery in Vermont and the Photographer’s Eye Gallery in Escondido. My work has been featured in On Landscape Magazine, Black +White Magazine (UK) and BETA magazine."
Image for Sale -
Lucent 9”H x 9”W
Archival paper
$225 unframed
Limited edition of 15
Signed on back
Contact: Jodie Hulden
jodiehulden47@gmail.com
www.jodiehulden.com
www.instagram.com/jodiehulden
Matt Connors/In the Beginning there was the Dream
HONORABLE MENTION
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MATT CONNORS:
"I am a fine art photographer living and practicing on California’s Monterey Peninsula. I took up photography as an avocation later in life. Over the years my image-making has transitioned from attempting to capture the “wow” moment to conveying an ephemeral sense of the present moment. Experiencing the present brings me a connection to a greater whole, evoking feelings of serenity, longing, mystery, and timelessness.
My influences include the quiet Central Coast landscapes of local painter Richard Tette, and the serenity, simplicity, and beauty of photographer Michael Kenna’s work. I am fortunate to live in an area with a rich and vibrant photographic culture, including the Center for Photographic Art and ImageMakers of Monterey County. I am indebted to so many fellow artists in these organizations and others for their advice, critique, support, and inspiration.
My images are in numerous private collections, as well as the permanent collection of the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula.
These images are from my “Nostalgia for the Eternal” project. That title comes from a chapter in John O’Donohue’s book Beauty, The Invisible Embrace. That phrase, nostalgia for the eternal, nicely captures a feeling I remember from childhood, that I was once in a place, now lost to me, where there was light, warmth and peace. I get a similar feeling when I appreciate Nature’s beauty. It’s as if the beautiful is somehow familiar to me, it’s a place I once knew, it’s a place for which I am nostalgic.Plato postulated that every oak, willow, poppy, and pelican we see is but a diminished representation of the ideal oak, willow, poppy and pelican, that there is a realm that we can sometimes sense but that we do not inhabit. It’s a place beyond time, where the beauty of creation is fully and completely realized. Perhaps when we are struck by the beauty of an oak, or the light though the leaves, or a wave embracing a rock in the ocean,what we are sensing is a message from this other realm, a message addressed to our innermost self, a message of light and hope.
With these images, I am attempting to take the subjects out of the every day and place them somewhere on the path to the eternal realm, so that the viewer might be able to sense, however faintly, the ideal beauty of the eternal."
IMAGE FOR SALE-
In The Beginning Was The Dream - 7”H x 14”W
Archival Pigment Print
$325 unframed
Signed on the fron
Contact: Matt Connors mattconnorsphotography@gmail.com
www.mattconnorsphotography.com
"I am a fine art photographer living and practicing on California’s Monterey Peninsula. I took up photography as an avocation later in life. Over the years my image-making has transitioned from attempting to capture the “wow” moment to conveying an ephemeral sense of the present moment. Experiencing the present brings me a connection to a greater whole, evoking feelings of serenity, longing, mystery, and timelessness.
My influences include the quiet Central Coast landscapes of local painter Richard Tette, and the serenity, simplicity, and beauty of photographer Michael Kenna’s work. I am fortunate to live in an area with a rich and vibrant photographic culture, including the Center for Photographic Art and ImageMakers of Monterey County. I am indebted to so many fellow artists in these organizations and others for their advice, critique, support, and inspiration.
My images are in numerous private collections, as well as the permanent collection of the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula.
These images are from my “Nostalgia for the Eternal” project. That title comes from a chapter in John O’Donohue’s book Beauty, The Invisible Embrace. That phrase, nostalgia for the eternal, nicely captures a feeling I remember from childhood, that I was once in a place, now lost to me, where there was light, warmth and peace. I get a similar feeling when I appreciate Nature’s beauty. It’s as if the beautiful is somehow familiar to me, it’s a place I once knew, it’s a place for which I am nostalgic.Plato postulated that every oak, willow, poppy, and pelican we see is but a diminished representation of the ideal oak, willow, poppy and pelican, that there is a realm that we can sometimes sense but that we do not inhabit. It’s a place beyond time, where the beauty of creation is fully and completely realized. Perhaps when we are struck by the beauty of an oak, or the light though the leaves, or a wave embracing a rock in the ocean,what we are sensing is a message from this other realm, a message addressed to our innermost self, a message of light and hope.
With these images, I am attempting to take the subjects out of the every day and place them somewhere on the path to the eternal realm, so that the viewer might be able to sense, however faintly, the ideal beauty of the eternal."
IMAGE FOR SALE-
In The Beginning Was The Dream - 7”H x 14”W
Archival Pigment Print
$325 unframed
Signed on the fron
Contact: Matt Connors mattconnorsphotography@gmail.com
www.mattconnorsphotography.com
Annie Lemoux/Almost Nothing
HONORABLE MENTION
HONORABLE MENTION
ANNIE LEMOUX:
"In my landscape explorations, mindfulness has been a major factor in choosing my subjects. For me it is a state of beingness in which how my heart and feeling respond to my perceptions is what directs my camera.
This group of images I chose to submit are two sets at opposite end of my photographic spectrum.
Light can powerfully direct the feelings experienced by the photographer and the viewer in their perceptions.
One set, the trees, is brimming with the energy of Spring, with colors and with the energy of the trees themselves, bursting with life. In this set, I feel the light suffusing, radiating and bathing the image, gives it a vibration of its own.
The other set, shot at the beach at a more subdued time of day or climactic conditions, is leaning to the opposite: a subtle light condition that induces more of a feeling of peace and of stillness, reflecting my own inner quiet.
Photography has been my life-long passion. I started photographing when I was twelve years old when my father put a camera in my hand and told me that everything we look at could be a subject for creating art and beauty.
All these years later, a lifetime, I still indulge in my undiminished photographic passion.
It is split between documentary photography which is observing the world outside me and recording it and the image-making which is the reversed creative process of looking inward to my innerworld and creating images born there. Both processes fascinate me equally.
I cannot begin to describe my gratitude for both as I have found so much joy, elation and excitement in the creative process whichever way it comes.
I have had opportunities to show my B&W documentary work traveling in Mexico for two years; and a show in Tokyo for Nippon-Polaroid for my alternative process using their films. With the border so close to SanDiego, where I live, I have had two one-woman shows and several group-shows in Tijuana, MX. I am also grateful to have been selected for many group shows locally and in other parts of the US."
Image for sale
https://www.instagram.com/annielemouxphotography/
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"In my landscape explorations, mindfulness has been a major factor in choosing my subjects. For me it is a state of beingness in which how my heart and feeling respond to my perceptions is what directs my camera.
This group of images I chose to submit are two sets at opposite end of my photographic spectrum.
Light can powerfully direct the feelings experienced by the photographer and the viewer in their perceptions.
One set, the trees, is brimming with the energy of Spring, with colors and with the energy of the trees themselves, bursting with life. In this set, I feel the light suffusing, radiating and bathing the image, gives it a vibration of its own.
The other set, shot at the beach at a more subdued time of day or climactic conditions, is leaning to the opposite: a subtle light condition that induces more of a feeling of peace and of stillness, reflecting my own inner quiet.
Photography has been my life-long passion. I started photographing when I was twelve years old when my father put a camera in my hand and told me that everything we look at could be a subject for creating art and beauty.
All these years later, a lifetime, I still indulge in my undiminished photographic passion.
It is split between documentary photography which is observing the world outside me and recording it and the image-making which is the reversed creative process of looking inward to my innerworld and creating images born there. Both processes fascinate me equally.
I cannot begin to describe my gratitude for both as I have found so much joy, elation and excitement in the creative process whichever way it comes.
I have had opportunities to show my B&W documentary work traveling in Mexico for two years; and a show in Tokyo for Nippon-Polaroid for my alternative process using their films. With the border so close to SanDiego, where I live, I have had two one-woman shows and several group-shows in Tijuana, MX. I am also grateful to have been selected for many group shows locally and in other parts of the US."
Image for sale
https://www.instagram.com/annielemouxphotography/
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John Santoni/Concretion
HONORABLE MENTION
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JOHN SANTONI:
John Santoni is a conceptual nature and landscape photographer creating images that provoke viewers to contemplate their relationship with the natural world. Growing up in Los Angeles in the smog-choked 1970’s informed John’s view that we have lost the ancient wisdom that allows for a symbiotic relationship with our environment.
Studying photography under legacy instructors at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, John explored art and photo history extensively, and became aware of how the artistic voice can influence positive change. Over twenty five years in commercial photography honed technical skills that are now applied to artistic expression.
Current work explores the idea of Earth’s dreams of transforming landscapes and restoring harmony to environments and species. Work created in silent and empty spaces helps communicate the often unnoticed power of Earth’s self-correcting power. John is committed to ongoing
projects that will create awareness and enhance work and living spaces.
IMAGE FOR SALE-
Concretion - 12”H x 18”W
Archival Paper
$325 Unframed
Limited Edition of 25
Signed
Contact-
John Santoni
jsantoni@me.com
www.johnsantoni.com
www.instagram.com/santoniphoto
John Santoni is a conceptual nature and landscape photographer creating images that provoke viewers to contemplate their relationship with the natural world. Growing up in Los Angeles in the smog-choked 1970’s informed John’s view that we have lost the ancient wisdom that allows for a symbiotic relationship with our environment.
Studying photography under legacy instructors at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, John explored art and photo history extensively, and became aware of how the artistic voice can influence positive change. Over twenty five years in commercial photography honed technical skills that are now applied to artistic expression.
Current work explores the idea of Earth’s dreams of transforming landscapes and restoring harmony to environments and species. Work created in silent and empty spaces helps communicate the often unnoticed power of Earth’s self-correcting power. John is committed to ongoing
projects that will create awareness and enhance work and living spaces.
IMAGE FOR SALE-
Concretion - 12”H x 18”W
Archival Paper
$325 Unframed
Limited Edition of 25
Signed
Contact-
John Santoni
jsantoni@me.com
www.johnsantoni.com
www.instagram.com/santoniphoto
Laurel Anderson/White Sands 2018
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LAUREL ANDERSON-
Laurel Anderson (b. 1983) is an American photographer whose work explores our interior lives, how those lives connect and isolate us, and the natural world's role in them. An emerging fine art photographer, she began showing work in 2022.
Her work has been collected by the Fort Wayne Museum of Art as well as the CollexArt Patron Collection. In 2022, she won multiple awards for her portraiture, landscapes, and composites, and was featured in over 20 exhibitions locally, nationally, and internationally. Prior to 2022, she was a design creative director. Growing up in the San Juan mountains of Colorado, her connection to the natural world started early. At Stanford, she studied Cultural Psychology and International Relations, fascinated by the inner workings of our minds and the stories we tell ourselves and others.
IMAGE FOR SALE-
White Sands 2018 - 16"H x 24" W
Archival paper
$1,095 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on front
Contact-
Laurel Anderson
hello@laurelandersonphotography.com
www.laurelandersonphotography.com/series
www.instagram.com/laurelandersonphoto
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Laurel Anderson (b. 1983) is an American photographer whose work explores our interior lives, how those lives connect and isolate us, and the natural world's role in them. An emerging fine art photographer, she began showing work in 2022.
Her work has been collected by the Fort Wayne Museum of Art as well as the CollexArt Patron Collection. In 2022, she won multiple awards for her portraiture, landscapes, and composites, and was featured in over 20 exhibitions locally, nationally, and internationally. Prior to 2022, she was a design creative director. Growing up in the San Juan mountains of Colorado, her connection to the natural world started early. At Stanford, she studied Cultural Psychology and International Relations, fascinated by the inner workings of our minds and the stories we tell ourselves and others.
IMAGE FOR SALE-
White Sands 2018 - 16"H x 24" W
Archival paper
$1,095 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on front
Contact-
Laurel Anderson
hello@laurelandersonphotography.com
www.laurelandersonphotography.com/series
www.instagram.com/laurelandersonphoto
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