Visions of Nature:
Contemporary Views in Alternative Photographic Techniques

In this time of isolation and uncertainty, nature became a refuge for many, a new experience for some and a muse for others.  This exhibition welcomed work utilizing alternative photographic techniques referencing nature. Nature is defined loosely. Any aspect of the natural world can be referenced: plant, animal (including humans), the imaginary etc.  Artists were asked to consider how their relationship with the natural world has been altered in recent years. 

ollin Adams, Dave Antreasian, Laurie Beck Peterson, Jeremy Blair, Richard Boutwell, Sally Chapman, Sarah Cross, Nancy Dodd, Nicholas Gialanella, J. M. Golding, Carol Hayman, Claudia Hollister, Fiona Howarth, Michelle Huisman, Sally Kim-Miller, Kathleen Koopman, Leslie Koptcho, J. Jason Lazarus, Jen Leahy, Donald MacDonald, Galina Manikova, Victoria Manning, Fruma Markowitz, Marek Matusz, Nancy Miiller, Denise M. Oehl, Emily Penrod, Cyd Peroni, Graciana Piaggio, Elizabeth Pineda, Robert Poole, Michael Puff, Carmen Ruiz, Brooke Sauer, Charlotte Schmid-Maybach, Dennis Segers, Deb Shannan, Gerardo Stübing, Lihie Talmor, Theresa Tarara, Rodney Thompson, Thomas Webster, Christi Wiltenburg, Tom Wise, Forrest Zerbe, Morgan Zichettella.

Juried by Diana Bloomfield

Awards

First Place                           Las Huellas de mi Gente, by Elizabeth Pineda (copper plate gravure)
Second Place                      Mulberry Wing with Stain, by Leslie Koptcho (chine collé with color etching)
Third Place                         Nautilus and Passenger, by Robert Poole (new chrysotype/Gold Print)
Sprint Award                      The Descending Veil, by Forrest Zerbe (mordancage silver gelatin photogram)

Bio, Juror Diana Bloomfield

A photographic artist for over 35 years, Diana specializes in 19th-century photographic printing techniques.  Her images and handmade artist books have been exhibited internationally and featured in multiple books and publications.  She is represented by the Ryan Gallery, of Art Intersection, located in Gilbert, Arizona, and by photo-eye Gallery (Photographers Showcase), located in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Diana, a native North Carolinian, lives and works in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she received her MA in English Literature and Creative Writing, from North Carolina State University.  Diana also teaches workshops throughout the United States, and in her beautiful backyard studio.  To view more of Diana’s work, visit www.dhbloomfield.com