i’m thrilled to tell you! \ Art Notes- June ’19 \
yes, i am thrilled to share that my work was just accepted into 2 different exhibitions. firstly, in the last note to you i mentioned that things seem to be moving in a new direction…feels sort of like a re-birth. i decided to submit one of the new works to the NY Photo Curator Global Photography Awards competition entitled ‘The Window‘. well, i just found out this week that my image ‘An Immutable Spark’ not only was accepted but received the 2nd Place honor. woot, i’m over the moon. this is especially sweet since i have the utmost respect for the juror, Deb Schwedhelm & admiration for her work.
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Review by curator Deb Schwedhelm:
“Gosh, this is such a well done portrait made through the window. This is another image that stopped me in my tracks with the perfect balance of photographing through, while simultaneously capturing the perfect reflection of the outdoors.
The subject placement could not be more perfect and the black and white processing is gorgeous. I honestly had an extremely hard time selecting first and second places and if I could have had two first places, I would have. Bravo, Shana — this image is fantastic!”
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and, for some brief photographic history, in the call for entry Deb Schwedhelm states, “The window is where it all began and so for this submission, I’d like to circle right back around to — the window. Made in 1826 by French Inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, the “View from the Window at Le Gras” is considered to be the first photograph. And, metaphorically, the camera can be considered a room, while the lens can be viewed as window through which photographs are projected. The window has literally and figuratively been linked to the photographic process since the very beginning…”
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the next exhibition is The 2019 Photographs in Conversation Exhibition at Lenscratch of which my image, ‘The Slenderest Threads’ has been included. this diptych is part of my series Compost. it’s really interesting how certain photographs communicate with each other…have a peek at the work, it’s sure to delight.
‘The Slenderest Threads’
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