Gallery

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Confronting Space

Confronting space in photography means balancing the tension between the subject and its environment. It shifts the focus from just what the subject is, to how it exists. By playing with scale, emptiness, and framing, photographers can use the vastness or confinement of space to control emotion and narrative.

Intersectionality

Geometric intersectionality in photography is the dynamic overlap of structural lines, shapes, and planes. It transforms a chaotic environment into a visually engaging visual language, linking the "geometry" of the built environment with the human element to tell a story

Variations
on the Linear

Variations on the linear in photography refer to how photographers use, disrupt, or transform lines to structure an image and guide the viewer's eye. Instead of just using straight horizons, artists manipulate lines to alter depth, mood, and meaning.

Studies in Light
and Shadow

In photography, light is the medium, but shadow is the art. While highlights grab the viewer's attention, shadows provide the essential contrast, depth, and mood that make a 2D image feel three-dimensional. Mastering their interplay separates the mundane from the magical.

Channeling Emilio Sanchez

Emilio Sánchez was an American artist who lived from 1921 to 1999. Known for his architectural paintings and lithographs. His work often features strong lighting contrasts and simplified forms. His work is held in major museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art. 

Monochrome Photography deconstructs chaos: messy real-world backgrounds with clashing colors instantly look clean and deliberate when simplified into gray tones. It accentuates texture: the lack of color information amplifies fine details, like the wrinkles on a face or the grain of wood. And, it emphasizes geometry: strong leading lines and shapes become the primary storytellers rather than secondary background notes.

Light and Shadow
of Monochrome

Urban Textures

Urban textures is a photo collection that my husband Jim and I published following our photographic exhibit (of the same title) at Cafe Allegro in Seattle’s University District in 2014. The exhibit was a blend “textures” that included Jim’s cool street images and my abstract architectural shots. Below are two examples from the exhibit and the book.

Jim Simandl

Michael Grodesky

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