Debra Achen says, "At dawn, the misty air and dim light created an almost moonlit quality in the forest, accentuating the contorted and entangled branches that extended in all directions.

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, my passion for art began at a very young age. I majored in Art Education at Edinboro State University before completing my BA in Visual Arts and Communications at the University of California, San Diego. Originally trained in traditional darkroom techniques, my photographic creative practice has shifted more to digital processing and printing. I now live on the scenic Monterey Peninsula, an environment that provides endless inspiration for my work.

As a photographer, I am attracted to the underlying structure of things, and to the way the forces of nature – Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Gravity, Light, and Time - imprint the material world with their magic. Some of my images border on the abstract. By extracting, isolating, or separating out" a certain element of a photographic subject, it becomes simplified to a more basic, fundamental form. Other work examines the relationship between objects, space, time, and light. Slow-capture images blur the borders between objects and the space that surrounds them. Movement of the subject or the camera adds the element of time, creating a more impressionistic interpretation of the subject."

Selected Exhibitions:
2019 - Juried Exhibition, "Water 2019, Online Gallery," PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT.  Juror: Elizabeth Avedon
2019 - Juried Exhibition, "The Window," N.Y. Photo Curator.  Juror: Deb Schwedhelm. Honorable Mention. View Online Exhibition.
2019 - Juried Exhibition, "Momentum 2019," New York Center for Photographic Art.  Juror: Debra Klomp Ching, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.  Juror's Selection & Honorable Mention. View Online Exhibition.
2019 - Juried Exhibition, "Center for Photographic Art, 2019 Members' Juried Exhibition," Carmel, CA.  Jurors: Connie and Jerry Rosenthal of Rfotofolio. View Online.
2018 - Juried Exhibition, "Center for Photographic Art, 2018 International Juried Exhibition, Online Gallery" Carmel, CA. Juror: Eve Schillo, Curator of Photography, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
2018 - Juried Exhibition, "Celebrating Women, Online Gallery,"  PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Juror: Joyce Tenneson
2018 - Group Exhibition, "Fire and Water" at The Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA.
2017 - Group Exhibition, "The Elementalists,"  Three-artist exhibition with William Giles and Carol Henry at Carmel Visual Arts, Carmel, CA.
2017 - Juried Exhibition, "The Photographic Nude 2017,"  LightBox Photographic Gallery,  Astoria, Oregon.  Juror: Kim Weston  View Online Gallery
2016 - Juried Exhibition, "Night Photography: Dusk to Dawn, Online Gallery,"  PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT.  Juror: Lance Keimig

www.debraachen.com

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