Ken Jackson and Rochelle Moser, two wonderful photographers and good friends spent last weekend with me in my studio, learning the gum bichromate printing process. We had such a fun time. Check out a couple of the beautiful images they made.
Lemons Tri-color gum ©Rochelle Moser 2015
Ken & Rochelle, in the studio. May 2015
Get interpretive with your images! Join me for a fun, creative weekend at Charlotte's Light Factory on June 6 and 7, where we'll explore the incredible gum bichromate printing process. You can check out all the details here, and I hope to see you on June 6. (June 6 and 7, from 9-5)
My good friend and amazing photographer, Bill Vaccaro, drove all the way from Chicago last week to spend two days learning the gum bichromate process.
In the Studio with Bill and his one-coat (good) gum print above.
Lots of fun, great prints (and some not so great prints), and much hilarity ensued. We had a such a fun time, and Bill drove away with some beautiful (and, yes, some seriously questionable) prints.
Yay! Yet another convert to the wonders of gum printing!
I am honored to be one of six photographic artists selected for inclusion in The Light Factory's 7th Annuale, juried by Dennis Kiel, former Chief Curator of The Light Factory, and now the Director of the Dishman Art Museum at Larmar University, in Beaumont, Texas.
The opening reception is April 24, at 6:30 pm. I am excited to have my work represented at The Light Factory, and I hope to see you in Charlotte at the opening!
Girl in Mirror (Tri-color gum bichromate) ©Diana H. Bloomfield
The winners of this year's Annuale include: Diana Bloomfield, from Raleigh, NC; Micah Cash, from Charlotte, NC; Beth Lilly, from Atlanta, GA; Michael Joseph, from Boston, MA; Jeremy Underwood, from Houston, TX; and Carl R. Wilson, from Logan, UT.
And you can read more about the Annuale here.
I am honored that "Ribboned Water" (tri-color gum over platinum) was selected for LOOK 15 and will be traveling to Liverpool.
Ribboned Water (tri-color gum over pt/pd) ©DH Bloomfield
A total of 12 works, made by 11 artists, have been curated by the Executive Director of LOOK/15, Emma Smith, for inclusion in this year's Festival.
These works were chosen from the TPS Alternative Process Exhibition, now showing at the Options Gallery in Odessa, Texas (see below post).
Texas Photographic Society's Alternative Processes 2015 Exhibit, juried by artist, educator, and author, Christopher James, will be on exhibit at Odessa College, in Odessa, Texas, at their Options Gallery, opening April 6.
I am honored to have two of my images (a tricolor gum print and a gum-over platinum print) selected for this show. The works of 30 photographers were chosen. You can view all the images selected here.
Blue Heart (Tri-color gum bichromate print) ©Diana H. Bloomfield
Cover, ©Christopher James 2015
It's here!
Christopher James' The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes, Third Edition, arrived on my doorstep today. And it is so beautifully produced-- packed full of such useful information, amazing imagery, and a broad range of incredible techniques and processes.
For photographers and for those who love photographic images-- especially anything related to alternative photographic techniques-- you seriously need to have this book on your bookshelf. It really is chocked full of invaluable information and stunning, imaginative, inspiring work.
And I am so honored and pleased to have three of my images included in James' long-awaited Third Edition. So check it out!
Art Intersection, located in Gilbert, Arizona, presents their fourth annual Light Sensitive juried exhibition in their North and South Galleries. This exhibit was juried by Robert Hirsch, artist, curator, and author. The exhibit runs from March 7 to April 18.
I am pleased to have my tricolor gum bichromate image, Wading, included in this exhibit.
Wading 2014 ©Diana H. Bloomfield
Light Sensitive, a juried exhibition, celebrates the art of creating handmade images using traditional photographic print making processes. Work this year comes from international artists and includes c-prints, platinum/palladium, cyanotype, gelatin silver, gum bichromate . . .
and you can read the rest and view the selected images here.
Here it is - the edge of the soon-to-be historic snowstorm of the century.
Image below was made by my daughter, from the train early this morning - outward bound from NYC's Penn Station, heading into NJ.
Scene from train window, before the storm ©Annalee Bloomfield 2015
