13th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers

I've been recognized in the 13th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Women Photographers... my third year in a row receiving this award, and invited to exhibit work in Barcelona this October 2019 at the Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography.  Out of 795 photographers from 71 countries who submitted a total of 5,610 photographs, the following seven photos received Honorable Mention from juror Elisabeth Biondi in the categories of Nature (donkeys), Children (boy on the dunes), and Self-Portrait (my nude-a-day photos from Split, Croatia!!). You can see the entire gallery of awardees here:  https://www.thegalaawards.com/results-13th-julia-margaret-cameron-award   It feels great to be recognized three years in a row in this prestigious and inspiring award... especially for work I've produced within this year. It gives me a much-needed sense of artistic self-esteem to know that my abilities as a photographer are not just a fluke of timing, but rather... a skill that only sharpens from the attentiveness I give to it. And I feel grateful for these European awards committees who took notice of me from the beginning. Now I just need to branch out ;)

fotografia de colores

A friend asked me recently if I ever work with color photography and the answer is…. yes, I do! And in Spain it was hard not to be mesmerized by such a landscape of beautiful hues. Whilst black and white photography best portrays the emotions I seek to capture in images, I use color photography when color itself is a main subject of the composition. Below are some favorite examples of the color photography I produced in Spain between September and November 2018. I have many, many more images that I wanted to include in this post but my computer has been on the fritz since I got here and prone to the most frustrating fits! Two weeks ago I left Spain and traveled north to spend a week in Paris with close friends from Seattle, and then east to visit a childhood friend in Budapest, Hungary, where I am now. As snow falls silently onto the frozen street nearby me, I wait for snail-slow wifi to upload photos and write what I need in order to wrap up the fall season of independent studies with Evergreen…

Brock and Brody on the sand dunes of Bolonia, Andalucia.

The wetlands at a nature reserve near Sanlucar de Barrameda, Andalucia.

Luna at the Straight of Gibraltar, Bolonia, Andalucia

Andalucian donkeys near Bolonia, Andalucia.

Sunlight on a building in Arcos de la Frontera, Andalucia.

A man moving out of the narrow street to let a car pass by, Arcos de la Fronterra, Andalucia.

A painter in the streets of Arcos de la Fronterra.

Girl matching her sweatshirt to curb in Arcos de la Fronterra, Andalucia.

Colors in the streets of Rota, Andalucia.

Snails in bulk (above) and uundies (below) at the gypsy market in Rota, Andalucia.

Outdoor sales of undies are the best!

Yarns and ribbons at the gypsy market in Rota.

The irresistible colors of candy!! Rota, Andalucia.

Spanish olives at the gypsy market in Rota.

Boats in the river at Barbate, Andalucia.

Laundry day at Barbate, Andalucia.

A cat where I stayed near Tarifa, Andalucia.

The sunset at Sitges, Catalonia.

Family on the street in Sitges, Catalonia.

My host at an olive farm in Xerta, Catalonia.

Donkeys in Catalonia.

Dog on an olive farm in Xerta, Catalonia.