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When I was a child, I opened the back of my first camera
and exposed all of the film. That unforgiving experience made
me look upon equipment as something to avoid, overcome, put
up with, and then finally befriend. Since that first learning
experience, my photographic works have been the result of an
interior journey. Starting seriously in the seventies as I also
worked in technical and graphics arts but greatly influenced by
the sixties, honed in the eighties, then put on pause in the
nineties and with many forks and dead ends in the ‘roads’
leading up to today. I have always wanted my work to be more
than just recording the visible and more than shades and
shapes. I hope my images make visible a little of myself and
that interior journey I have been on.
Worked in circuit drafting photography, offset printing photography and freelance photography before returning to school to get a BS, MS and PhD (Physics, Systems Eng., Systems and Industrial Eng., respectively). Worked for 1 year in aerospace then 9 years for Agricultural Research Service (research branch of USDA). Resigned (or early retired due to illness of my late husband) and curated artwork for a Tucson coffeehouse for 5 years and ran my own gallery for a year. While I have had images in photography exhibits and galleries in the past, I had my first solo show of my work in Tucson, Arizona at Kuzu Salon and Studio March 26th through April 17th, 2010. Now I am trying to show my work in the northwest too. One image was just in a juried show in Stanwood, WA. I appreciate my flickr friends and all the encouragement that comments have had on my productivity. If you make me a contact, please leave me a comment or two to introduce yourself. More likely that I will follow your stream too then.
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Testimonials (2)
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Learning Junkie - recovering from surgery says:
"Diana is a treasured flickr friend. Her photography is pure artistry and continues to inspire me. She has a great eye and knows how to tell a story with visual images. Through her lens, I can tell she care about important social issues, is a brilliant woman and understand people. I am grateful to know her as a photographer and more importantly as a friend."
6th February, 2010
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buddhagirlAZ says:
"can't believe i am the first to write DY a testimonial...not that my thoughts or words amount to much..but she is MAGNIFICENT! her mind is as sharp as Einstein (she has a doctorate in physics!), her photography is full of emotion and as a human being she is one compassionate being i am so grateful to call "friend". i admire, respect and look forward to her photo's being posted and her commentary."
24th January, 2010
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