Mid+West
(A visual essay on adaptation and acceptance in relocation/immigration and migration)
Some say we are all immigrants but many indigenous people have lived in one location for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. In this series I am addressing the more recent acts of relocation.
The place of one's birth greatly influences who they are but through moving, new foods, cultures, languages and landscapes await to reshape their very being.
I was born in the Midwest, but now reside in New Mexico. Even though I didn't really encounter a great deal of differences in people there were subtle language differences, definitely food differences and some culture shifts that required adjustment on my part. The most profound change for me was the landscape.
Here I am blending photos from my years in the Midwest (mainly rural Missouri and Illinois) with current photos I’ve taken while living in New Mexico.
I feel that one's landscape, whether rural, suburban or urban, can utterly reshape them and how through relocation they grow and flourish. They become, in essence, a blending of all former homelands with the present.
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Mid +West (Series)
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Awards
2022
SERIES WINNER in the Digital Manipulation and Collage category in the 19th Julia Margaret
Cameron Awards!!! For my series: Mid + West Dreaming
HONORABLE MENTION in the17th Black & White Spider Awards for my photo “Departure”
HONORABLE MENTION I am up for a re/focus award
2021
HONORABLE MENTION in the 16th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for women photographers
for my series "Mid+West; Dreaming"
7th ANNUAL FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS - Nominee in the Conceptual Category for
my series, "Mid+West"
14th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS - Nominee in the Fine Art Category for my
photo, "Caldera Dreaming"
TOP 40 IMAGES – Submitted to L.A./Photo Curator and N.Y./Photo Curator exhibitions in 2020
2020
HONORABLE MENTION – 2020 Chromatic Photo Awards for my piece “Gallup Lakeside”
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS, New Mexico State Committee chose me for
their "Artist Spotlight" for the month of February
HONORABLE MENTION - LifeFramer's NIGHT LIFE, my piece "Finale" was chosen by
conceptual photographer Todd Hido
2019
FIRST PLACE WINNER - 14th Pollux Award, Professional for my series "Mid+West"; Digital
Manipulation category
CRITICAL MASS 2019 FINALIST - Top 200 chosen.
12th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS - Honorable Mention in the Fine Art
Category
2022
SERIES WINNER in the Digital Manipulation and Collage category in the 19th Julia Margaret
Cameron Awards!!! For my series: Mid + West Dreaming
HONORABLE MENTION in the17th Black & White Spider Awards for my photo “Departure”
HONORABLE MENTION I am up for a re/focus award
2021
HONORABLE MENTION in the 16th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for women photographers
for my series "Mid+West; Dreaming"
7th ANNUAL FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS - Nominee in the Conceptual Category for
my series, "Mid+West"
14th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS - Nominee in the Fine Art Category for my
photo, "Caldera Dreaming"
TOP 40 IMAGES – Submitted to L.A./Photo Curator and N.Y./Photo Curator exhibitions in 2020
2020
HONORABLE MENTION – 2020 Chromatic Photo Awards for my piece “Gallup Lakeside”
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS, New Mexico State Committee chose me for
their "Artist Spotlight" for the month of February
HONORABLE MENTION - LifeFramer's NIGHT LIFE, my piece "Finale" was chosen by
conceptual photographer Todd Hido
2019
FIRST PLACE WINNER - 14th Pollux Award, Professional for my series "Mid+West"; Digital
Manipulation category
CRITICAL MASS 2019 FINALIST - Top 200 chosen.
12th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS - Honorable Mention in the Fine Art
Category
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