Abstract nominee

SPLASH is an experimental series borne out of my transition from film to digital equipment. Taking advantage of the added features offered by the new technology, I set out to produce images that would be much more difficult and costly to achieve on film.
Enamored with color, I sought it out for its own sake and began moving my camera to create abstract compositions of color itself. With instant playback and unlimited frames, I quickly discovered that each arrangement of colors and shapes—no matter what the subject—was transformed into a dynamic splash of color and an abstraction all its own.

Meryl Spiegel has exhibited widely throughout the East End of Long Island at a variety of venues including Parrish Art Museum, Art Sites, Alex Ferrone Photography Gallery, St. Joseph’s College, Ashawagh Hall, Levitas Center, WHBPAC Gallery, and East End Arts Council where she was awarded “Best in Show.”
Her photo essays have appeared in The Southampton Review published by Stony Brook University. She has also received several grants from NYFA, the New York Foundation for the Arts, including being chosen to participate in the highly selective MARK program.
Ms Spiegel teaches photography at the East End Arts Council in Riverhead New York where she focuses on composition, light and color. She studied photography at the International Center of Photography (ICP) and the Center for Media Studies, both in Manhattan as well as the Image-Ouverte School of Photography in the South of France.