2018
The Medina of Fez, Morocco
2022
El Risco de San Juan, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
I paired these two cityscapes as examples of high-density, urban labyrinths, however complementary in their approaches to color.
amateur category
Urban Labyrinths (Series)
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AUTHOR
I am a professional composer, retired professor of music, and amateur photographer, having only recently begun to enter photo competitions. Together with my husband, an orchestral conductor, I now travel the world, drawing inspiration from both natural and urban environments.
The similarities between music and photography become ever more apparent to me as I gain experience using my eyes as if they were my ears – seeing textures, lines, and shapes as intently as I hear them. I have discovered that visual patterns have rhythm too, that a landscape can be as contrapuntal as a Bach fugue, and that cameras and lenses can be "played" as artfully as musical instruments.
There are technological parallels as well. For example, a macro lens can be considered analogous to a microphone, each providing opportunities to see or hear beyond the realm of normal experience to a magical place of abstraction and wonder.
Earlier this year, I was a finalist in the 2022 International Photography Hall of Fame Juried Photography Contest Exhibition, and three of my photos were exhibited at the IPHF’s Museum in St. Louis, MO. More recently, two of my photos were finalists in The Nature Conservancy’s 2022 Global Photo Contest.
The similarities between music and photography become ever more apparent to me as I gain experience using my eyes as if they were my ears – seeing textures, lines, and shapes as intently as I hear them. I have discovered that visual patterns have rhythm too, that a landscape can be as contrapuntal as a Bach fugue, and that cameras and lenses can be "played" as artfully as musical instruments.
There are technological parallels as well. For example, a macro lens can be considered analogous to a microphone, each providing opportunities to see or hear beyond the realm of normal experience to a magical place of abstraction and wonder.
Earlier this year, I was a finalist in the 2022 International Photography Hall of Fame Juried Photography Contest Exhibition, and three of my photos were exhibited at the IPHF’s Museum in St. Louis, MO. More recently, two of my photos were finalists in The Nature Conservancy’s 2022 Global Photo Contest.
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