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Michael Harris was born in a U.S. Army Prison
infirmary at Fort Crowder, Missouri in 1956. An
undiagnosed dyslectic he struggled in school and as
the son of a university professor of ornithology this
was difficult. His father's passion required the family
to travel summers throughout the National Parks of
the west and to many foreign lands in the never-
ending quest for the next new bird. Being isolated
from friends during summer vacations Michael
became withdrawn. With exposure to one beautiful
national park after another, he slowly developed a
sensitive and very intimate Vision of the world at large.
In high school he found kids his own age difficult to
deal with and consequently spent most of his time
alone at the beach or up a tree. At Arcata High he
enrolled in a photography class with Miss Smith and
was rewarded with the best grades she had given in
thirty years of teaching. Encouraged, in 1977 he took a
workshop in Yosemite with Ansel Adams, Morley Baer,
Yousuf Karsh, among others. Association with such
great photographers at an early age was a turning
point and gave him the confidence to use photography
as a tool to explore and develop his own way of
seeing the world. Having a way to visually express his
feelings was emancipating, enabling Michael to find
sanity in an insane world.
For me, photographs have the most meaning
when they are expressions of the union between a
photographers' intuitive emotional response and the
subject. This allows the image to be more about what
is behind the camera than the scene in front of the
photographer.
My hope as a photographer is that the viewer can grow along with me as I endeavor to explore what is universal in all things. |
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JUDY MANDOLF has exhibited her handpainted black
and white photographs throughout the US and Europe
for over a decade. Since shifting her focus to
computer-generated imagery in 1996 she has
garnered three "Best of Show" awards at the Fallbrook
Art and Cultural competition and the Del Mar
Exposition, as well as a first place in Computer Edge
magazine's art competition.
Her images have their genesis in her original photographs which are scanned into her computer, collaged, "painted" and otherwise manipulated by various software programs. They are then printed on textured paper with archival inks and sometimes further enhanced by applying various paints and pencils to the surface. "I had images floating in my mind for years that I was unable to reproduce photographically" she said. "I am so fascinated by the absolute freedom afforded by the digital medium to create my mindscapes." Judy was selected International Photographer
magazine's Photographer of the Year in 1988, was
awarded the Gold Medal Discovery award by Art of
California magazine in 1992 and won the New
Names/New Face competition at the prestigious
Santa Fe East Gallery in Sante Fe, New Mexico, in
1990. Her image of Amish children toured Europe for
two years as part of the Women Photographers in
America exhibition. In 1994 her figurative studies were
part of a cultural exchange with Hungary.
She has been featured in solo exhibitions in San Diego, Sante Fe, and Taos, New Mexico, and at the University of Alabama. She has also exhibited at Arizona State University, University of Delaware, New Mexico State University and numerous group exhibits throughout the country. Her work is included in the corporate collection of Merck, Sharpe, and Dohme and was included in a Bristol Meyers/Squibb corporate collection. Her work has been published in American
Photographer, New Mexico Photographer, Art of
California, On the Boulevard, The Exhibitioner, 360
Degrees, Photographers Forum magazine and Best
of Photography annuals.
Judy is represented by Desurmont Gallery in Taos, the North Dakota Art Gallery Association, Bentley House in Walnut Creek, CA, and William Torphy Fine Arts in El Sobrante, CA. She has lived in San Diego for most of her adult life. |
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Phil Preston lives in Buckinghamshire, UK and has
been interested in photography for about thirty years.
Although an amateur and largely self taught, he has
had a number of his photographs published in UK
photography magazines over the years. His main
areas of interest are landscape, nature, architecture,
and more recently, digital imaging, with a preference
for pictorial, aesthetically pleasing images rather than
straight record shots.
About two years ago Phil became aware of digital
imaging, and soon realised this was a useful tool for
his photography due to the level of control available for
manipulating images. Phil has continued to develop
skills in this area, and although still using
conventional film for image capture, he feels that
photography's future is digital.
Phil's images in the PixiPort Guest Photographer
Gallery are fairly typical of the photography he is doing
at present, featuring locations such as the Royal
Botanic Gardens Kew (London), Snowdonia National
Park (Wales), and Canary Wharf (London). More of
Phil's work can be seen at his website
(http://www.digital-fotofusion.co.uk).
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Enjoy the Journey!
Sincerely,
Helyn Broadhurst
Pixiport Fine Art Photography
email:
helyn@pixiport.com
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