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News

Images from the Bordello Series are featured in Shots 95, 96 and 97 issues

The Mound Series from the Landscapes portfolio is being featured in the September issue of Focus Magazine.

Farm work series published in Shots summer issue #92

Shipwreck series featured in the November issue of Eyemazing international photography magazine. Click on gallery 101 to read the interview.

Bio

1964 born, Gadsden, Alabama
1972 first girl to play on local boys' Little League baseball team
1974-89 worked on family farm
1983 graduated from Chilton County High School
1984 began formal study of photography under Gay Burke at The University of Alabama
1985 began photographing baptismal fonts with Tom Waters
1988 BFA from The University of Alabama
1989 toured europe
1990 moved to Providence, Rhode Island to study photography under Gary Metz, Deborah Bright,
          Wendy McNeil and Bill Parker
1992 MFA from Rhode Island School of Design
          Instructor, Photo II, Rhode Island School of Design
         "Baptismal font" acquired by the Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
1993 instructor summer session, photo II, The university of Alabama
          instructor spring session, art history, Shelton State College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
          instructor, spring session, technical illustration, Calhoun College, Decatur, Alabama
1994 traveled in Mexico and Guatemala
1994 moved to New York City
         traveled to Morocco
         traveled to Amsterdam
1995 began meditation practice within Kabbalah and buddhism
          opened Vintage Vignettes Photography Studio with Anna Henry
          traveled to Honduras
1996 began Bordello series
          traveled to France, Italy and Belgium
1997 returned to Morocco
1998 traveled to Thailand
1999 began Shipwreck series
          fellowship to McDowell Art Colony
2000 became sole proprietor of Vintage Vignettes
2001 gave birth to son Julian Elias
2004 began Pete's Pond series
2005 began Farm work series
          "Gowanus Artists Open studios" Brooklyn, NY
2008 Collodion workshop with Osterman and Scully

Resume

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