HONORABLE MENTIONS: LAUREN LOWERY 'Woods Television', MARA ZASLOVE 'Serenity', NINA COLLOSI-MARTINEZ 'Beautiful Chaos', TERRY BARCZAC 'Bones' & GERARDO-STUBING 'Platanus Orientalis'
L.A. Photo Curator: Global Photography Awards - 'Where Photography & Philanthropy Meet' HONORABLE MENTIONS: LAUREN LOWERY 'Woods Television', MARA ZASLOVE 'Serenity', NINA COLLOSI-MARTINEZ 'Beautiful Chaos', TERRY BARCZAC 'Bones' & GERARDO-STUBING 'Platanus Orientalis'
WOODS TELEVISION by Lauren Lowery
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Lauren Lowery says, "These images are a part of my current series of works, "Through the Trees (Five Years on Film)."

The statement for that series is as follows:
Drawing inspiration from personal experiences and my appreciation for both the social and physical landscape of the Appalachian Rust Belt region, the images included in “Through the Trees” were shot on film over the span of five years using cameras that are old, outdated, worn out, faulty, and somewhat broken. The film is developed and returned to for digital editing many months later, creating a distance from the images and their occurrence. This lends them the ability to exist as an encapsulation of a memory or possibly a dream.

The images - much like our memories - are often inaccurate, fractured, blurred, spotty, fogged, oddly cropped, disordered, and otherwise clouded by other memories or dreams; yet they can still be filled with beauty, magic, and wonder. Heavily focused on nature, they represent both a rejection of and an escape from a world affected by corporatization and industry. The natural world was here before the buildings and before the people who worked in them and it will hopefully continue on long after it all has gone. It is necessary to reflect on nature’s role in the lives of those who live in the Appalachian Rust Belt region, as it is to reflect on joy, curiosity, beauty, relaxation, and the power of family, friendship, and community. Otherwise we run the risk of only regurgitating the images and stories that we’ve seen and heard before concerning the fall of industry and economic disparity."

Lauren Lowery is a media maker from the Ohio River Valley of Pennsylvania. She incorporates inspiration from many arenas, most notably her eclectic taste in music, comics, psychedelia, dreams, dystopian science fiction, the people she loves, and both the physical and social historical landscape of the Northern Appalachian Rust Belt region she calls home. She currently resides in Edinboro, PA with her partner, Douglas Eberhardt, and their cat Branwen.

Career Highlights:
Lowery says, "My work is currently a part of the Summer Exhibition, Ad Astra Per Aspera at the Wassiac Project in Wassaic, NY. I have been the owner of Jet Black Press since 2013, through which I have published multiple zines and other artworks. I earned dual Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 2011, with concentrations in both Printmaking and Photography. I am currently pursuing a Masters of Library Science at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, with a concentration in Local and Archival studies. 

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L.A. Photo Curator: Global Photography Awards - 'Where Photography & Philanthropy Meet' HONORABLE MENTIONS: LAUREN LOWERY 'Woods Television', MARA ZASLOVE 'Serenity', NINA COLLOSI-MARTINEZ 'Beautiful Chaos', TERRY BARCZAC 'Bones' & GERARDO-STUBING 'Platanus Orientalis'
SERENITY by Mara Zaslove
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Mara Zazlove's photographs are entries to her soul, connecting the intangible to the tangible through light, time and memory. Often using natural light to capture what she feels in her heart and sees with her eyes, taking photographs has become as essential to her as breathing air, and in some ways, has evolved into a sixth sense. 

Growing up with a father who was a fine artist, Mara was surrounded by his work and sensibilities. His influence made a profound imprint on her and she often finds herself mirroring his visual style.  She innately responds to form, patterns, shapes and composition and finds that this early exposure permeates her sense of balance and style.

Mara thrives on creating visual conversations that embrace the universality of aging, childhood, life on the street and how “human beings” impact the natural world. Either candid or anticipated, Mara seeks to convey a uniqueness particular to each individual that invites the viewer to explore their own life's path with that of the subject documented.

Mara Zaslove is a Los Angeles based photographer who thrives on creating visual conversations that embrace the diversity of the human spirit, the universality of aging and the beauty of the natural world.

She received a BA from the University of California, Berkeley and later, a Teaching Credential at U.C.L.A.  After completing her MA in Counseling and Guidance from California State, Northridge, she became a Licensed Marriage, Family and Child Therapist.

Her background as a therapist informs her photographic work and brings a heightened sensitivity to how she perceives the world.

Her images have been featured in numerous publications including Shadow and Light Magazine, F-Stop Magazine as well receiving Honorable Mention and Finalist in several categories of the Annual 11th, 12th and 13th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards.  Mara currently lives in Santa Monica, CA.

2019

My work was chosen to be featured in the New This Week Collection on Saatchi Art's homepage. You can see the collection here.

Two of my photographic collages were curated by Holly Tempo into the Pulse Of LA 2019 exhibition at SoLA Gallery sponsored So. California Women's Caucus for Art.

My image, Mesmerizing Dancer, was selected by Joshua Elias to be in The Pasadena Art Show 2019 in conjunction with Art in the Arthouse.

Finalist in the SMC Community Ed Photo Contest.

Finalist in the 3rdAnnual Black and White Art Exhibition on Fusion Art.

Volunteer Guide for Education Day at Photoville: escorted Los Angeles students around the venue

Easter Seals Disability Challenge: Parents INC (film submission that won 1stPlace) with credit as the Still Photographer

Three of my images from my “Butoh” series received an Honorable Mention in the Women Seen by Women Category of the 13thJulia Margaret Cameron Awards (Non Professional Section).

Two of my images were curated into Common Threads ll Open Theme by Richard Chow.  They will be exhibited at the Angel City Brewery during MOPLA.

My image, Mesmerizing Dancer, received a Special Merit Award in the 9thAnnual “Figurative” Art Exhibition with the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery.

My image, Mime, was selected for the ‘Color It Red 2019 Shadow & Light Magazine Single Image Showcase.

Ancient Lines and Sun Goddess were curated by Claudia James Bartlett (director of Photo L.A.) into and exhibited with OSLA (Open Show L.A.) at Photo L.A.

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L.A. Photo Curator: Global Photography Awards - 'Where Photography & Philanthropy Meet' HONORABLE MENTIONS: LAUREN LOWERY 'Woods Television', MARA ZASLOVE 'Serenity', NINA COLLOSI-MARTINEZ 'Beautiful Chaos', TERRY BARCZAC 'Bones' & GERARDO-STUBING 'Platanus Orientalis' (Click on image for larger view)
BEAUTIFUL CHAOS by Nina Collosi-Martinez
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Nina Collosi-Martinez says, "Photography has enhanced my observation skills, aiding in the ways I see the seemingly ordinary or familiar.  I hope to never lose my awe and appreciation of nature’s gifts.

Nature is my church; a place where I feel centered and grounded, without the buzz of everyday life.  I find myself drawn to trees and their seasonal changes, dropping leaves without regret in the Fall, and the blooming of new growth in the spring.  My favorite is naked trees,  hauntingly beautiful and mesmerizing standing starkly against the open sky."

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L.A. Photo Curator: Global Photography Awards - 'Where Photography & Philanthropy Meet' HONORABLE MENTIONS: LAUREN LOWERY 'Woods Television', MARA ZASLOVE 'Serenity', NINA COLLOSI-MARTINEZ 'Beautiful Chaos', TERRY BARCZAC 'Bones' & GERARDO-STUBING 'Platanus Orientalis'
BONES by Terry Barczak
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Terry Barczak says, "I am a long-time street photographer with a range of ongoing projects. My photographs often play with illusion, deception and ambiguity, revealing the unexpected and surreal in the ordinary.

My quest to create pictures is always a process of discovery, graced by possibility and good fortune. When I am out in the world looking, searching, collecting, and sometimes finding, the life force of trees is a universal presence. Walking in congested Los Angles, strolling through Central Park, or in a neighborhood anywhere, I come across trees with a limitless orchestra of beauty and character. Like portraits of the people I meet, they are an enduring and abundant subject for me. 

I am a Minneapolis, Minnesota based street photographer  Largely self taught I also studied at Visual Studies workshop in Rochester NY and Lightworks in Minneapolis.

Though cities still provide me with subject matter, I also have projects that look into landscape, abstraction, portraiture and religion. In addition to numerous exhibition of my photographs, I have also served as art director with filmmaker Shelli Ainsworth on short and feature films, taught photography at a variety of institutions and worked in the photography department at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis."

CV:

2018-2019 Select Group shows:

 Los Angeles Center of Photography, Juror: Susan Spiritus

A Smith Gallery, Juror: Wendi Schneider

Southeast Center of Photography, Juror: Blue Mitchel

Davis Orten Gallery, Juror: Paula Tognarelli

Gamut Gallery, Juror: Tara LaPlante

A Smith Gallery, Juror: Geoffrey Koslov

Minneapolis Photo Center, Juror: Valerie Jardin

Portfolio Review: PhotoNOLA 2018

Workshops: Alyssa Coppelman, The Professionsal Edit, 2018

Mary Virginia Swanson, Presenting and Promoting your Photographs. 2019

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L.A. Photo Curator: Global Photography Awards - 'Where Photography & Philanthropy Meet' HONORABLE MENTIONS: LAUREN LOWERY 'Woods Television', MARA ZASLOVE 'Serenity', NINA COLLOSI-MARTINEZ 'Beautiful Chaos', TERRY BARCZAC 'Bones' & GERARDO-STUBING 'Platanus Orientalis'
PLATANUS ORIENTALIS by Gerardo Stubing
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Gerardo Stübing says, "This series, entitled "BotaniKa", aims to show the beauty, harmony and plasticity of the creations of Nature ("Natura naturata" in the concept of Spinoza) as the basis for artistic creation.

Natural proportions largely govern our aesthetic perception of beauty and its application in artistic creation is inescapable, since it is very difficult to find a perceptual harmony far from such proportions. All this coincides to a large extent with the Darwinian theory of beauty (Dutton, 2014), which is well summarized in the quote by Darwin in his work The Descent of Man: "Species are determined by beauty."

The scientific method in Biology, allows the analysis and knowledge of a series of organisms and details of these, which logically reveal the aforementioned harmony. Curiously, the non-experienced observer lacks a symbolic conditioning to these observations, which makes him appreciate harmonious and stimulating forms that, to some extent, are framed in an ambiguous abstraction.

Original analog images are transferred to the paper using alternative photography techniques (Platinum/palladium, cyanotype).

The objective of this work, beyond the strict artistic creation, is to deepen these concepts and to experience an artistic production based on them, seeking to sensitize the observer in the appreciation and respect for our natural environment, as we protect that of what we fall in love, and to fall in love with something or someone previously we have to know it."

The series is part of the Stübing´s doctoral thesis work in Fine Arts entitled: “Botanika: el concepto Natura naturata, aplicado a la creación plástica desde una perspectiva transmoderna”, which is currently being developed at the Polytechnic University of Valencia.

Original analog images are transferred to the paper using alternative photography techniques (Platinum/palladium, cyanotype, gum printing).

Gerardo Stübing (Stübing), born in Valencia (1957). Professor of Botany at the University of Valencia. Graduated in Fine Arts, he is currently studying doctorate in Fine Arts at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. 

Stübing is a Valencian artist of German origin who has a long career and scientific recognition in the field of Botany, a science he has taught as a university professor for 30 years at the University of Valencia.

His first actions in the field of art are specified in numerous photographic contributions that illustrate various books about plants and ecosystems of which he is also an author.

He decides to expand his creative field by developing pictorial works that initially show a clear geometric tendency that evolves progressively towards biomorphology. Currently, his work, can be defined as an ambiguous abstraction inspired by plants and natural landscapes, for which he uses non-conventional materials.

His works have been selected in more than 50 competitions, some of them at the highest level such as the BMW prize, having won several awards and prizes, and made several exhibitions both collective (more than 40) and individual (9). It has works in official institutions: University of Valencia, International University of Andalusia, Jiloca Studies Center), Bancaja de Segorbe Foundation, British Institute of Seville and Ministry of Agriculture.

Carrer Highlights

Recent activities (2018/19):

- 00 Bienal de La Habana (Mayo 2018) with “Ecosistemas cubanos”. (Cianotypes).

-Selected artist in Anderson, Christina Z. Cyanotype: The Blueprint in Contemporary Practice. New York: Focal Press, 2019.320 pages.ISBN-10: 1138338834.ISBN-13: 978-1138338838.

-Solo exhibition “320 nm” in Galería Tapinerate de Valencia. Junio 2018.

-Selected X Biennal d’Art Riudebitlles (Spain).

-Selected works in The HAND Magazine, Issue #21, July 2018.

-Selected works in The HAND Magazine, Issue #23, Noviembre 2018.

- A Smith Gallery’s (Johnson City,Texas), “black/white” exhibition juried by Jennifer Schlesinger. January 2019. (Lumen/pseudolith print).

- A Smith Gallery’s (Johnson City,Texas), “Art+Science” exhibition juried by Linda Alterwitz. January 2019. (Lumen/pseudolith print).

-Group exhibition: El Futuro. Obra social Caixa Ontinyent. Diciembre 1018-Enero 2019, con la instalación “Mayo 2050”.

-10th Annual “Abstracts” 2019 Art Exhibition. Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery. Marzo 2019.

- Art Intersection Light Sensitive 2019 exihibition (Gilbert, Arizona)), juried by Christopher James.. Marzo 2019.

-Selected works in The HAND Magazine, Issue #24, Abril 2019.

-Selected works in The HAND Magazine, Issue #25, July 2019.
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