THE 'I-A CALL FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE'- Ellen Friedlander > EXHIBITION #2
EXHIBITION #2
SELF PORTRAIT ONE by Ellen Frisbie
Ellen Frisbie says, "These self portraits are of a person emerging after two years in a cocoon of deep grief from losing a best friend, soul mate, business partner, husband. A beloved partner who went through a personality change due to cancer and became an angry stranger before passing away. After simmering in the pain of that loss a deep, vast and wide awareness of life’s important truths becomes more clear.
Picking up a camera at some point on the grief journey brought me back to life. Spending time outside even in freezing temperatures trying to capture light and texture on my subjects distracted me from the trauma and took me into a realm where I could escape thinking about the loss."
Contact info: efrisbie@qacore.com
Picking up a camera at some point on the grief journey brought me back to life. Spending time outside even in freezing temperatures trying to capture light and texture on my subjects distracted me from the trauma and took me into a realm where I could escape thinking about the loss."
Contact info: efrisbie@qacore.com
SELF PORTRAIT TWO by Ellen Frisbie
PORTRAIT THREE by Ellen Frisbie
A MAN AND HIS ART by Gerald Varney
Gerald Varney says, "My photography is about depth of self expression, not depth of field".
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San Francisco Art Institute
1962 Painting: Jack Jefferson James Weeks
San Francisco State College
1964 Cinematography Jamison Goldner
1964 Photography: John Gutmann, Jack Welpott, Don Worth
1970 Camera Assistant to: Arnold Newman
1971 Professional photographer
1971 Professional Cinematographer
Film Festival Awards-
Prufrock" 2019.WINNER at the 8th season of L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival
Best Experimental Film Five Continents International Film Festival 2019
Best Experimental Short Film SFAAF. 2019
Official Entry Berkeley Film Festival 2018
https://www.linkedin.com Gerald Wade Varney
CV
San Francisco Art Institute
1962 Painting: Jack Jefferson James Weeks
San Francisco State College
1964 Cinematography Jamison Goldner
1964 Photography: John Gutmann, Jack Welpott, Don Worth
1970 Camera Assistant to: Arnold Newman
1971 Professional photographer
1971 Professional Cinematographer
Film Festival Awards-
Prufrock" 2019.WINNER at the 8th season of L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival
Best Experimental Film Five Continents International Film Festival 2019
Best Experimental Short Film SFAAF. 2019
Official Entry Berkeley Film Festival 2018
https://www.linkedin.com Gerald Wade Varney
PHOTOGRAPHER PORTRAIT by Gerald Varney
SELF PORTRAIT by Gerald Varney
MY SELF SEEN THROUGH ANOTHER by Heather Williamson
Heather Williamson says, "My work allows me to feel something other than me yet empowers me, seeing all that is me in everything. It delivers me from bondage, offering nothing. When I'm behind my work, no one knows the pain in my mind, but this pain gives way to understanding. When I no longer exist, I feel certain, completely grounded in who I am. This is the practice of myself—the process of standing."
Heather Williamson is a multifaceted artist based in the CA high desert whose practice includes photography, filmmaking, writing, installation, music, and sound. Her work (and her) are known for provoking thought and feeling. Invoking harmony. She studies under Jokai Blackwell Sensei.
www.goldsrite.com
www.krop.com/aestheticthieves
https://www.instagram.com/helloheat/
Heather Williamson is a multifaceted artist based in the CA high desert whose practice includes photography, filmmaking, writing, installation, music, and sound. Her work (and her) are known for provoking thought and feeling. Invoking harmony. She studies under Jokai Blackwell Sensei.
www.goldsrite.com
www.krop.com/aestheticthieves
https://www.instagram.com/helloheat/
BONDING WITH THE ENEMY by Heather Williamson
CUBA by Heather Williamson
LAST MAN IN PARIS by Heather Williamson
META IS MERCY by Heather Williamson
ROSEBUD by Heather Williamson
SELF 2 by Ian Wright
HONORABLE MENTION
HONORABLE MENTION
“He going feel like a fool and there don't be no man yet born who can deal with feeling like a damn fool.”
Caryl Phillips, The Final Passage
Ian Wright says, "Men don’t “do” self portraits. It just is that way.The awareness of one's maleness is so tied up in an issue of couldn't-care-lessness and a refusal to lower our guards and admit that we are self aware, that we are fragile and that we do care.
There is a great history of women using their own bodies in photographs to tell their inner stories with an openness and vulnerability that often makes men uncomfortable.
Their inability of the male to open up and expose himself may just be based on insecurity and in maybe paying too much attention to what other's think. Is it perhaps because women expect other women to empathise with their self portraits but men expect other men to judge them in theirs? I don't know.
In the many workshops and exhibitions I have attended, I rarely see men take this tougher route of self expression and when they do dip their toe in the water it often simply further perpetuates the stereotypical image of manliness that we have long been exposed to through populare media and culture.
I took the plunge, with the encouragement of great teachers such as Jennifer McClure, Joanne Duggan, Lori Vrba and Aline Smithson, to change how other's may view me and perhaps more importantly, how I view myself. The fact that these teachers were all women is not coincidental, thank you to them all for making me a better man.
I am an LA based photographer, originally from Scotland and I love the world, warts and all."
https://www.wrightclickphotos.com/
https://www.instagram.com/Wrightclickphotos
Caryl Phillips, The Final Passage
Ian Wright says, "Men don’t “do” self portraits. It just is that way.The awareness of one's maleness is so tied up in an issue of couldn't-care-lessness and a refusal to lower our guards and admit that we are self aware, that we are fragile and that we do care.
There is a great history of women using their own bodies in photographs to tell their inner stories with an openness and vulnerability that often makes men uncomfortable.
Their inability of the male to open up and expose himself may just be based on insecurity and in maybe paying too much attention to what other's think. Is it perhaps because women expect other women to empathise with their self portraits but men expect other men to judge them in theirs? I don't know.
In the many workshops and exhibitions I have attended, I rarely see men take this tougher route of self expression and when they do dip their toe in the water it often simply further perpetuates the stereotypical image of manliness that we have long been exposed to through populare media and culture.
I took the plunge, with the encouragement of great teachers such as Jennifer McClure, Joanne Duggan, Lori Vrba and Aline Smithson, to change how other's may view me and perhaps more importantly, how I view myself. The fact that these teachers were all women is not coincidental, thank you to them all for making me a better man.
I am an LA based photographer, originally from Scotland and I love the world, warts and all."
https://www.wrightclickphotos.com/
https://www.instagram.com/Wrightclickphotos
MEN DON'T DRAFT 1 PAGE 4 by Ian Wright
SELF 4 by Ian Wright
SELF PORTRAIT 1 by Ian Wright
SELF 3 by Ian Wright
SELF 5 by Ian Wright
CONFLICTED by Jacqueline Rupp
Jacque Rupp says, “When I became a young widow, I struggled with the conflict and guilt. I was grieving the loss of my own identity along with the loss of my husband. I felt numb, raw and exposed then suddenly felt very sexual and alive. Anything was possible. These in-congruencies were confusing. My wants and needs had been neglected during his long illness. And, I was ashamed of my new desires.
Shortly after he died, I bought a red purse, which sat on my dresser for years. I knew I needed to have it, but I did not know why. I never used it. I see now it was a reminder of what I needed in my life as a woman; something feminine, frivolous, and out of character. It gave me permission to fantasize about who I could become during this transition.
My mother had become a widow at a similar age. Women of that generation were expected to shut down, to keep their desires hidden. Divorced women could remarry, but widows were expected to stay devoted to their husbands. This was not the kind of life I wanted to live. I learned grieving and living can coexist. I still feel guilt at times, but I can talk about it now and accept that it is ok.”
Jacque Rupp is a documentary and fine art photographer based in the San Francisco Bay area. She uses the camera to learn about herself and the world.
She was an executive in Silicon Valley recruiting top talent for years before dedicating herself to photography. She holds degrees from SUNY and Santa Clara University and has studied photography at Stanford University, Santa Fe Workshops, Maine Media and The Los Angeles Center for Photography. She has a lifetime interest in the moving image and is on the advisory board for UNAFF (United Nations Associated Film Festival), a documentary film festival at Stanford University.
She is also on the board of the Weston Collective in Carmel. And, an active volunteer at the historic Center for Photographic Arts in Carmel.
She has exhibited at the Center for Photographic Arts in Carmel, Praxis Photo Arts Center, The Los Angeles Center of Photography, Foothill College and Art Venture Gallery in Menlo Park and numerous online venues.
Jacque received Merit Awards in the 2020 and 2021 All About Photo competitions. She was a Spotlight winner in the 2022 Black and White Magazine competition. And she received an Honorable Mention in the 17th Julia Margaret Cameron submission.
Images for Sale —
Conflicted- 13”H x 19”W
Archival Paper
$350 Unframed
Limited edition of 15
Signed on back
Playful- 13”H x 19”W
Archival Paper
$350 Unframed
Limited edition of 15
Signed on back
Duality- 13”H x 19”W
Archival Paper
$350 Unframed
Limited edition of 15
Signed on back
Indecision- 13”H x 19”W
Archival Paper
$350 Unframed
Limited edition of 15
Signed on back
Desire- 13”H x 19”W
Archival Paper
$350 Unframed
Limited edition of 15
Signed on back
Urban Reflection- 13”H x 19”W
Archival Paper
$350 Unframed
Limited edition of 15
Signed on back
Contact: Jacque Rupp
jacque614@gmail.com
www.jacquerupp.com
https://www.instagram.com/jacquerupp
Shortly after he died, I bought a red purse, which sat on my dresser for years. I knew I needed to have it, but I did not know why. I never used it. I see now it was a reminder of what I needed in my life as a woman; something feminine, frivolous, and out of character. It gave me permission to fantasize about who I could become during this transition.
My mother had become a widow at a similar age. Women of that generation were expected to shut down, to keep their desires hidden. Divorced women could remarry, but widows were expected to stay devoted to their husbands. This was not the kind of life I wanted to live. I learned grieving and living can coexist. I still feel guilt at times, but I can talk about it now and accept that it is ok.”
Jacque Rupp is a documentary and fine art photographer based in the San Francisco Bay area. She uses the camera to learn about herself and the world.
She was an executive in Silicon Valley recruiting top talent for years before dedicating herself to photography. She holds degrees from SUNY and Santa Clara University and has studied photography at Stanford University, Santa Fe Workshops, Maine Media and The Los Angeles Center for Photography. She has a lifetime interest in the moving image and is on the advisory board for UNAFF (United Nations Associated Film Festival), a documentary film festival at Stanford University.
She is also on the board of the Weston Collective in Carmel. And, an active volunteer at the historic Center for Photographic Arts in Carmel.
She has exhibited at the Center for Photographic Arts in Carmel, Praxis Photo Arts Center, The Los Angeles Center of Photography, Foothill College and Art Venture Gallery in Menlo Park and numerous online venues.
Jacque received Merit Awards in the 2020 and 2021 All About Photo competitions. She was a Spotlight winner in the 2022 Black and White Magazine competition. And she received an Honorable Mention in the 17th Julia Margaret Cameron submission.
Images for Sale —
Conflicted- 13”H x 19”W
Archival Paper
$350 Unframed
Limited edition of 15
Signed on back
Playful- 13”H x 19”W
Archival Paper
$350 Unframed
Limited edition of 15
Signed on back
Duality- 13”H x 19”W
Archival Paper
$350 Unframed
Limited edition of 15
Signed on back
Indecision- 13”H x 19”W
Archival Paper
$350 Unframed
Limited edition of 15
Signed on back
Desire- 13”H x 19”W
Archival Paper
$350 Unframed
Limited edition of 15
Signed on back
Urban Reflection- 13”H x 19”W
Archival Paper
$350 Unframed
Limited edition of 15
Signed on back
Contact: Jacque Rupp
jacque614@gmail.com
www.jacquerupp.com
https://www.instagram.com/jacquerupp
DESIRE by Jacqueline Rupp
DUALITY by Jacqueline Rupp
INDECISION by Jacqueline Rupp
PLAYFUL by Jacqueline Rupp
URBAN REFLECTION by Jacqueline Rupp
GHOST SELF PORTRAIT by Jane Gottlieb
Jane Gottlieb says, "I have been expressing my joy of art with paint, shapes and colors since I was very young.
I began as a painter, evolved into a photographer, and eventually began painting on individual photographic prints over thirty years ago. I hand painted vivid colors on my Cibachrome prints, creating a wonderful new reality.
Now I scan my one-of-a-kind hand-painted prints & collection of photos taken over a lifetime all around the world andI paint, collage and enhance them with Photoshop.
Color is luscious to me. It’s a luxury to be able to fill my life with color. Color is energy; it evokes emotion and feelings. It’s the other side of intellectual, and it makes you feel good -it really does pick you up, and it makes you smile.
My art has been exhibited worldwide in many solo exhibitions: Butler Institute of American Art; Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard, CA; Laguna Art Museum. CA; Petersen Automotive Museum, LA, CA; UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum, MAD Art Gallery, Milan, Italy, LA County Museum of Natural History, CA; Monterey Museum of Art, CA; Louis Stern Gallery, West Hollywood, CA; Wall Space Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA; Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York City; L’Image Gallery, Rome, Italy, Colorinda Gallery, Lisbon. Portugal.
I have been included in countless group exhibits over the last 30 years, and collected by museums, foundations, corporations and individuals worldwide.
Many magazine articles, magazine and book covers, two museum exhibition catalogues and two books have been published of my art, Garden Tales and Car Tales.
I am proud to announce that I have just installed over 150 large art works in eight different buildings at UCLA and UCSB. Just installed a commission for the UCSB Library that is 15’x15’!"
CV
SOLO EXHIBITIONS-
UCSB AD&A Museum - “Jane Gottlieb Photographs France”
UCLA Anderson School of Management – 25 large artworks
UCLA Law School Library – 4 floors 45 large artworks
UCLA Young Graduate Library – 15 large artworks in main floor study hall
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health – created First Vertical Art Gallery
UCSB Gervirtz Graduate School of Education – 2 floors 25 large artworks
UCSB English Department - 20 my “Joy Rides”
MAD Gallery, Milan, Italy - showing my art on large screens 2016-2018
Colorinda Art Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal, representing me 2016-2017
“Jane Gottlieb Fantasy Gardens” - Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens Gallery
“Jane Gottlieb: Beyond Belief” - Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
“Jane Gottlieb – Joy Rides” Patty Look Lewis Gallery, SB, CA
“Jane Gottlieb: Celebrating Monet” - Nancy Hoffman Gallery, NYC, NY
”Jane Gottlieb – Vivid” – Wall Space Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
“Jane Gottlieb Photographs” - Nancy Hoffman Gallery, NYC,
“Jane Gottlieb: Garden Works” - Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
“Jane Gottlieb - Joy Rides” - Three Year Exhibition 45 large artworks
Los Angeles County Natural History Museum - Los Angeles, CA
“Central Park” - 717 5th Avenue Public Space, NYC, NY
Art for Two Billboards: “Perfect Score & Pink Cadillac Fin”
Universal City Walk, Los Angeles, CA
“Jane Gottlieb – Joy Rides” - Murphy Auto Museum – Oxnard, CA
“Jane Gottlieb’s Joy Rides” - The Auto Art Gallery - World Wide Web
“Digital Dreamscapes” - Palos Verdes Art Center - Palos Verdes, CA
“Jane Gottlieb’s Dream Machines” - Saporiti Italia - Milan, Italy
“Dream Machines” - L’Image Gallery - Rome, Italy
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Brookings Institute, Washington, DC
Cedar's Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
UCSB AD&A Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
UCSB Main Library Entry - 15’x16’ artwork, Santa Barbara, CA
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
Orange County Museum of Art, CA
Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Frederick R. Weisman Collection, Los Angeles. CA
Marcia Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Walt Disney Art Collection, Burbank, CA
General Telephone, Los Angeles, CA
The Progressive Corporation Art Collection, All over the USA
EMI / Capital Records : Los Angeles, NYC, London, Paris
IMAGES FOR SALE-
“Home Self Portrait” 16”x20”
Archival dye sublimation print on aluminum
$800. with frame
Limited edition of 7
Signed on back
“Sideways Self Portrait” 16x20
Archival dye sublimation print on aluminum
$800. with frame
Limited edition of 7
Signed on back
“Ghost Self Portrait” 16x24
Archival dye sublimation print on aluminum
$1,000. with frame
Limited edition of 10
Signed on bacK
Contact: Jane Gottlieb
jane@janegottlieb.com
www.janegottlieb.com
https://www.instagram.com/janegottlieb
I began as a painter, evolved into a photographer, and eventually began painting on individual photographic prints over thirty years ago. I hand painted vivid colors on my Cibachrome prints, creating a wonderful new reality.
Now I scan my one-of-a-kind hand-painted prints & collection of photos taken over a lifetime all around the world andI paint, collage and enhance them with Photoshop.
Color is luscious to me. It’s a luxury to be able to fill my life with color. Color is energy; it evokes emotion and feelings. It’s the other side of intellectual, and it makes you feel good -it really does pick you up, and it makes you smile.
My art has been exhibited worldwide in many solo exhibitions: Butler Institute of American Art; Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard, CA; Laguna Art Museum. CA; Petersen Automotive Museum, LA, CA; UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum, MAD Art Gallery, Milan, Italy, LA County Museum of Natural History, CA; Monterey Museum of Art, CA; Louis Stern Gallery, West Hollywood, CA; Wall Space Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA; Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York City; L’Image Gallery, Rome, Italy, Colorinda Gallery, Lisbon. Portugal.
I have been included in countless group exhibits over the last 30 years, and collected by museums, foundations, corporations and individuals worldwide.
Many magazine articles, magazine and book covers, two museum exhibition catalogues and two books have been published of my art, Garden Tales and Car Tales.
I am proud to announce that I have just installed over 150 large art works in eight different buildings at UCLA and UCSB. Just installed a commission for the UCSB Library that is 15’x15’!"
CV
SOLO EXHIBITIONS-
UCSB AD&A Museum - “Jane Gottlieb Photographs France”
UCLA Anderson School of Management – 25 large artworks
UCLA Law School Library – 4 floors 45 large artworks
UCLA Young Graduate Library – 15 large artworks in main floor study hall
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health – created First Vertical Art Gallery
UCSB Gervirtz Graduate School of Education – 2 floors 25 large artworks
UCSB English Department - 20 my “Joy Rides”
MAD Gallery, Milan, Italy - showing my art on large screens 2016-2018
Colorinda Art Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal, representing me 2016-2017
“Jane Gottlieb Fantasy Gardens” - Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens Gallery
“Jane Gottlieb: Beyond Belief” - Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
“Jane Gottlieb – Joy Rides” Patty Look Lewis Gallery, SB, CA
“Jane Gottlieb: Celebrating Monet” - Nancy Hoffman Gallery, NYC, NY
”Jane Gottlieb – Vivid” – Wall Space Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
“Jane Gottlieb Photographs” - Nancy Hoffman Gallery, NYC,
“Jane Gottlieb: Garden Works” - Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
“Jane Gottlieb - Joy Rides” - Three Year Exhibition 45 large artworks
Los Angeles County Natural History Museum - Los Angeles, CA
“Central Park” - 717 5th Avenue Public Space, NYC, NY
Art for Two Billboards: “Perfect Score & Pink Cadillac Fin”
Universal City Walk, Los Angeles, CA
“Jane Gottlieb – Joy Rides” - Murphy Auto Museum – Oxnard, CA
“Jane Gottlieb’s Joy Rides” - The Auto Art Gallery - World Wide Web
“Digital Dreamscapes” - Palos Verdes Art Center - Palos Verdes, CA
“Jane Gottlieb’s Dream Machines” - Saporiti Italia - Milan, Italy
“Dream Machines” - L’Image Gallery - Rome, Italy
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Brookings Institute, Washington, DC
Cedar's Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
UCSB AD&A Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
UCSB Main Library Entry - 15’x16’ artwork, Santa Barbara, CA
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
Orange County Museum of Art, CA
Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Frederick R. Weisman Collection, Los Angeles. CA
Marcia Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Walt Disney Art Collection, Burbank, CA
General Telephone, Los Angeles, CA
The Progressive Corporation Art Collection, All over the USA
EMI / Capital Records : Los Angeles, NYC, London, Paris
IMAGES FOR SALE-
“Home Self Portrait” 16”x20”
Archival dye sublimation print on aluminum
$800. with frame
Limited edition of 7
Signed on back
“Sideways Self Portrait” 16x20
Archival dye sublimation print on aluminum
$800. with frame
Limited edition of 7
Signed on back
“Ghost Self Portrait” 16x24
Archival dye sublimation print on aluminum
$1,000. with frame
Limited edition of 10
Signed on bacK
Contact: Jane Gottlieb
jane@janegottlieb.com
www.janegottlieb.com
https://www.instagram.com/janegottlieb
HOME SELF PORTRAIT by Jane Gottlieb
SIDEWAY SELF-PORTRAIT by Jane Gottlieb
DAY-14,800 by Johnny Brian
Johnny Brian says, "Most of my images were taken during the pandemic lockdown. I originally started taking images because I let me hair grow out. I did not get a hair cut for more than 400 days because I was terrified about going outside the house. I titled the images based on how long it had been since I had a hair cut. 411 days, 22 hours, and 30 minutes I had my first and only haircut of the pandemic. The title of my project is “Me and My Hair, Selfies During the Pandemic”.
Johnny Brian spent his early life in insular southern Arkansas. He attended college and medical school in Arkansas, and after completing a residency in anesthesia, he moved to Baltimore for research training at Johns Hopkins.
In the early 90’s he moved to Iowa, where he resides today. Johnny Brian worked in or directed chemical and biological research laboratories for decades. His research experience allows him a good understanding of process control important in black and white film photography and darkroom silver gelatin printing. He performs formal film and developer tests, creating film curves which allow finer control over film exposure, development and printing.
Career Highlights:
In 2017, his entry, a hand made silver gelatin print, into the Iowa Arts Council Agriculture Art Exhibit was awarded an honorable mention. In 2021 Johnny Brian had a print accepted for exhibit at the Cedar Rapids The Derecho Remembrance Exhibit. In 2021 one of Johnny Brian’s prints, Dinner Time, was accepted for inclusion in the October 2021 edition of the Annals of Iowa.
www.johnnybrian.com
https://www.instagram.com/limnidytis
Johnny Brian spent his early life in insular southern Arkansas. He attended college and medical school in Arkansas, and after completing a residency in anesthesia, he moved to Baltimore for research training at Johns Hopkins.
In the early 90’s he moved to Iowa, where he resides today. Johnny Brian worked in or directed chemical and biological research laboratories for decades. His research experience allows him a good understanding of process control important in black and white film photography and darkroom silver gelatin printing. He performs formal film and developer tests, creating film curves which allow finer control over film exposure, development and printing.
Career Highlights:
In 2017, his entry, a hand made silver gelatin print, into the Iowa Arts Council Agriculture Art Exhibit was awarded an honorable mention. In 2021 Johnny Brian had a print accepted for exhibit at the Cedar Rapids The Derecho Remembrance Exhibit. In 2021 one of Johnny Brian’s prints, Dinner Time, was accepted for inclusion in the October 2021 edition of the Annals of Iowa.
www.johnnybrian.com
https://www.instagram.com/limnidytis
DAY 127 by Johnny Brian
DAY 154 by Johnny Brian
DAY 206 by Johnny Brian
DAY 408,4X5,EKTACHROME by Johnny Brian
DAY 408,4X5,FP4 by Johnny Brian
WEATHERED by Karen Crouse
SECOND PLACE
SECOND PLACE
Karen Crouse says, "I have been merging self portraits with images of nature. It started as a series using imagery of stars and space, encapsulating the Carl Sagan quote "we are all star stuff"
“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”
Then the concept expanded into our relationships with all things in nature: trees, fire, water. We are all star stuff, we will all end as star stuff as we are all interconnected. "We are a way for the universe to know itself.”
Karen Crouse is a photographer based near Baltimore, MD. Beginning with a darkroom printing class when she was 8, Karen continued her love of film developing and printing throughout high school and college, earning her BFA in Photography from Shepherd University.
Since Karen has recently returned to photography, she has been in multiple group exhibits including ArtDoc Magazine and F-Stop Magazine online exhibits. She was also a 2019 Silver Award winner in the San Francisco Bay International Photography Exhibition and a 2021 Chromatic Award Honorable Mention.
JURIED GROUP EXHIBITS
2021
Chromatic Awards, Honorable Mention: Conceptual, Amateur
Light in Darkness, ArtDoc Magazine Online Gallery
Landscapes, Honorable Mention, Praxis Photo Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
The Secret Life of Color, Praxis Photo Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Expressive Floral, ArtDoc Magazine, Online Gallery
Blue Skies, Don't Take Pictures, Online Gallery
Open Theme, F-Stop Magazine, Online Gallery
black/white, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
The Human Portrait, Dallas Center for Photography, Online Gallery
A Show of Hands, Don't Take Pictures, Online Gallery
2020
Contemporary Landscape, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
From a Seed...a World of Botanicals, New York Center for Photographic Art
Portraits, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
Portals, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
2019
Winter, Analog Forever Magazine
The Photo Review, 2019 Competition Web Galleries
Silver Award Winner, 2019 San Francisco Bay International Photography Exhibition
Bug Off, Don't Take Pictures, Online Gallery
Trees: Life in the Slow Lane, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Online gallery
Intentional Spaces, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
www.karencrousephotography.com/
https://www.instagram.com/karen_crouse_photography/
“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”
Then the concept expanded into our relationships with all things in nature: trees, fire, water. We are all star stuff, we will all end as star stuff as we are all interconnected. "We are a way for the universe to know itself.”
Karen Crouse is a photographer based near Baltimore, MD. Beginning with a darkroom printing class when she was 8, Karen continued her love of film developing and printing throughout high school and college, earning her BFA in Photography from Shepherd University.
Since Karen has recently returned to photography, she has been in multiple group exhibits including ArtDoc Magazine and F-Stop Magazine online exhibits. She was also a 2019 Silver Award winner in the San Francisco Bay International Photography Exhibition and a 2021 Chromatic Award Honorable Mention.
JURIED GROUP EXHIBITS
2021
Chromatic Awards, Honorable Mention: Conceptual, Amateur
Light in Darkness, ArtDoc Magazine Online Gallery
Landscapes, Honorable Mention, Praxis Photo Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
The Secret Life of Color, Praxis Photo Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Expressive Floral, ArtDoc Magazine, Online Gallery
Blue Skies, Don't Take Pictures, Online Gallery
Open Theme, F-Stop Magazine, Online Gallery
black/white, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
The Human Portrait, Dallas Center for Photography, Online Gallery
A Show of Hands, Don't Take Pictures, Online Gallery
2020
Contemporary Landscape, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
From a Seed...a World of Botanicals, New York Center for Photographic Art
Portraits, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
Portals, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
2019
Winter, Analog Forever Magazine
The Photo Review, 2019 Competition Web Galleries
Silver Award Winner, 2019 San Francisco Bay International Photography Exhibition
Bug Off, Don't Take Pictures, Online Gallery
Trees: Life in the Slow Lane, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Online gallery
Intentional Spaces, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
www.karencrousephotography.com/
https://www.instagram.com/karen_crouse_photography/
BURNING DOWN by Karen Crouse
COCOON by Karen Crouse
DREAM COUNTING by Karen Crouse
LETTING IT GO by Karen Crouse
THIN ICE by Karen Crouse
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THE 'I-A CALL FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE' HOME:
https://laphotocurator.com/the-i-a-call-for-self-portraiture-ellen-friedlander
THE 'I-A CALL FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE' FIRST PLACE:
https://laphotocurator.com/the-i-a-call-for-self-portraiture-ellen-friedlander/first-place-eileen-hohmuth-lemonick-death----/1
THE 'I-A CALL FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE' SECOND PLACE:
https://laphotocurator.com/the-i-a-call-for-self-portraiture-ellen-friedlander/second-place-karen-crouse-weathered----/1
THE 'I-A CALL FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE' HONORABLE MENTIONS:
https://laphotocurator.com/the-i-a-call-for-self-portraiture-ellen-friedlander/honorable-mentions-anne-berry-choices-carrie-usmar-actively-listens-ian-wright-self-2-yulia-morris-looking-diane-fenster-night-heart----/1
THE 'I-A CALL FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE' BEST SERIES:
https://laphotocurator.com/the-i-a-call-for-self-portraiture-ellen-friedlander/best-series-susan-kaufer-carey/1
THE 'I-A CALL FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE' EXHIBITION #1:
https://laphotocurator.com/the-i-a-call-for-self-portraiture-ellen-friedlander/exhibition-1/1
THE 'I-A CALL FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE' EXHIBITION #2:
https://laphotocurator.com/the-i-a-call-for-self-portraiture-ellen-friedlander/exhibition-2/1
THE 'I-A CALL FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE' EXHIBITION #3:
https://laphotocurator.com/the-i-a-call-for-self-portraiture-ellen-friedlander/exhibition-3/1
THE 'I-A CALL FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE' EXHIBITION #4:
https://laphotocurator.com/the-i-a-call-for-self-portraiture-ellen-friedlander/exhibition-4/1
THE 'I-A CALL FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE' HOME:
https://laphotocurator.com/the-i-a-call-for-self-portraiture-ellen-friedlander
THE 'I-A CALL FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE' FIRST PLACE:
https://laphotocurator.com/the-i-a-call-for-self-portraiture-ellen-friedlander/first-place-eileen-hohmuth-lemonick-death----/1
THE 'I-A CALL FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE' SECOND PLACE:
https://laphotocurator.com/the-i-a-call-for-self-portraiture-ellen-friedlander/second-place-karen-crouse-weathered----/1
THE 'I-A CALL FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE' HONORABLE MENTIONS:
https://laphotocurator.com/the-i-a-call-for-self-portraiture-ellen-friedlander/honorable-mentions-anne-berry-choices-carrie-usmar-actively-listens-ian-wright-self-2-yulia-morris-looking-diane-fenster-night-heart----/1
THE 'I-A CALL FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE' BEST SERIES:
https://laphotocurator.com/the-i-a-call-for-self-portraiture-ellen-friedlander/best-series-susan-kaufer-carey/1
THE 'I-A CALL FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE' EXHIBITION #1:
https://laphotocurator.com/the-i-a-call-for-self-portraiture-ellen-friedlander/exhibition-1/1
THE 'I-A CALL FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE' EXHIBITION #2:
https://laphotocurator.com/the-i-a-call-for-self-portraiture-ellen-friedlander/exhibition-2/1
THE 'I-A CALL FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE' EXHIBITION #3:
https://laphotocurator.com/the-i-a-call-for-self-portraiture-ellen-friedlander/exhibition-3/1
THE 'I-A CALL FOR SELF-PORTRAITURE' EXHIBITION #4:
https://laphotocurator.com/the-i-a-call-for-self-portraiture-ellen-friedlander/exhibition-4/1
