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J. Thomas is a full time artist living in the triangle area of North Carolina. He grew up in a small town in central Illinois where he first
took an interest in photography. Following his dream, J Thomas attended Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY, before joining
the Navy, where he served in the Combat Camera Group. After his military duties, J. Thomas worked at Doyle Dane Bernbach advertising agency
and later established his own photographic studio in New York City. After his stay in NYC, J. Thomas worked at Duke University before
starting a 25+ year career as both a technical representative and then a professional markets representative with Canon U.S.A., Inc., with
their photographic products group. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States as well as taught many photography and
printmaking workshops. J. Thomas's work has been widely exhibited and published in many magazines throughout his career.
J. Thomas's first really serious commitment to art was when he, without asking, carved up the fruit cellar to make a darkroom. While at
RIT he majored in art and photography studying perception and BW photography with Minor White and color photography with Robert Bagby, one
of the great pioneers of color photography. Also his art classes in printmaking, sculpture, graphic design and film gave him a great
appreciation for images of all types, and opened his eyes to the possibilities of combining different art techniques in a single work.
J. Thomas uses modern technology and traditional techniques or a mix of old and new in his work. He is always exploring ideas, materials
and processes. His work doesn't follow a set style, rather a freedom to change and to create new tonalities of color, space and
feeling.
J. Thomas teaches a One Day Color Management Workshop at Bella Photo Art & Framing Gallery.
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Robert N. Cadwalader is a retired pilot who works at
perfecting his photography skills. After 2 years of college
he joined the U. S. Army Security Agency with a Military
Police specialty. After his 4 year hitch was up he worked
at a number of jobs including magazine editor, wedding
photographer, and private investigator. He earned a
commercial pilot certificate in 1973 and spent a few years
as a mapping pilot—flying high precision aerial
photo flights over much of the Eastern U.S. before becoming
a night freight pilot. 33 years as a pilot, including
owning his own charter airline, he was "retired" after
9/11/2001 when the FAA grounded all non airline flights for
an extended period of time.
Cadwalader decided to take up photography again and made
the transition from film to digital. "For an old guy
like me it was a particularly trying year or so until I
felt comfortable with the digital photography world."
Currently Cadwalader lives in Linthicum, Maryland, with his
wife, 4 of his 6 children, a turtle, and a Chesapeake Bay
Retriever named Bay. He is a regular contributor to local
newspapers and national magazines, and displays his work
in local galleries and at a small number of selected
juried art and craft shows.
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 Enoch Chan is a painter, photographer and award
winning lighting designer. He has worked with many local dance companies and establishments including Bosma Dance, Liz Lerman Dance
Exchange, Dance Place, American Dance Institute, and The Baltimore Dance Collective. His publishing credits include The Washington Post
Express, The Washington Post, The City Paper, Dancer Magazine, and Dance Magazine.
Born in Hong Kong, he has spent his artistic life trying to blend the silent tension of eastern aesthetics and the elasticity of western
media. His love of photography stems from attempts to "capture fading moments of light."
Although his focus has turned to dance photography in recent years, he still works avidly in other photographic arenas, including
headshots, portraiture, landscape and the periodic wedding. To hire him or see more of his work please visit www.deviatedart.com.
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Don Dement, a 35-year Annapolis, MD resident and lifetime boater, has had an avid interest in photography since his start at age ten with a
Brownie, black-and-white film, and a home-built darkroom.
During his career in technical management for government agencies and consulting in the satellite industry, opportunities for travel
photography furthered his deep interest in the arts and in artists' understanding and uses of light. This long experience in melding
creative activities with technical and functional processes has helped his success with varied photographic and educational endeavors.
Don guides students in creative digital techniques, teaching photography and editing at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Anne Arundel
Community College, QA County Arts Center, Chesapeake College, and several Senior Centers. Another of his activities was co-founding the
Digital Photography Club of Annapolis, now grown to over 120 members who share their artistic experiences.
His professional photography includes nature, travel, portraiture, events and weddings, home interiors, landscapes, maritime events and
seascapes, and historic preservation. His artistic works have won several awards and have been exhibited widely.
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 Pete Gregorio received his first camera as
a gift from his parents on the day he left home for boot camp in 1964.
For the next 35 years, Pete concentrated on black and white photography and ventured into color only when professional assignments
required it. He enjoyed the control of black and white from exposure, development and enlargement through mounting and framing. He
especially enjoyed the ability to find just the right chemical mix to recreate the feel of the photograph he saw.
Color was something else entirely as far as Pete was concerned. Color processing, whether for a wedding or a magazine spread, was always
"pay and pray". Then came digital image rendering technology. At once it was possible to capture color and to nurse images back to the feel
of the moment of exposure.
St. Michael's on Maryland's Eastern Shore, home to his studio and gallery for the past five years, has provided an exquisite palette for
Pete's eye. Although black and white photography will always be his first love, he has immersed himself in the emotions, the play and the
world of color photography.
Pete's work was most recently shown at the Temple Arts Festival in Nashville, TN.
Pete's work can be seen at http://www.GregorioGallery.com
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Growing up in the rugged wilderness of California's Sierra Nevada mountains, Matt Jarvis was surrounded by the beauty of nature-snow-cover
peaks; rocky plateaus; hidden caves; untamed rivers; towering redwoods; forests teeming with wildlife; nights skies bright with stars. With
every new day came a new wonder to beholdsomething breathtaking that he felt the burning desire to capture. On his eighth birthday, he was
given the gift of a lifetime: six private lessons in oil painting from an accomplished local artist. "The instructor and I would set-up our
easels, side-by-side, in a cow pasture or by a lake," he recalls. "While I globbed paint on my canvas, she'd give me broad-brush lessons
about paint chemistry; the importance of balancing objects on a canvas; how the eyes of a viewer could be moved along "paths" of my own
choosing, and dozens of other topics." Though his first attempts at applying paint to canvas were "awkward and discouraging," he was
fascinated by the underlying complexities of the artistic process. By his senior year of high school, the walls of his parents' home had
became a gallery for dozens of his paintings-along with pencil and charcoal drawings, a few free-standing and relief sculptures, and some
ceramic "monstrosities" from his brief foray into pottery.
On his twenty-third birthday, he received a second gift of a lifetime: a 50mm Nikon camera from him fiancé (to capture the early
days of their relationship). "Prior to that," Matt admits, "I had no interest in photography! In high school, a friend of mine enrolled a
photography class and he showed me the inner sanctum of a darkroom. But that was my first and last visit. As a painter, the medium seemed
too dependent on technology and getting everything right the first time. In my own work, nothing was ever done right the first time. I
liked to tinker and experiment until I had everything just the way I wanted it. More importantly, darkroom photography looked intimidating
and expensive--an undertaking I should do my best to avoid!" Despite his aversion to the dark, Matt and his Nikon became close friends.
(His Davidsonville basement is the current home for hundreds of aging slides from his days as a grad student.)
On Matt's 40's birthday, he received the third-and hopefully, not final-gift of a lifetime: a 5-mega-pixel Sony digital camera (along with
Photoshop 5.0 software). "Traditional darkroom photography may have intimidated me," he said, "but digital photography seemed tailor-made
for the kind of images I wanted to create as an artist." In 2003, after several years of self-instruction in Photoshop and other subjects
related to digital imaging, he founded his current part-time business, Run and Shoot Photography. Although he has sold his landscape
photographs at local craft shows and farmers' markets, "Wandering Feet, Wandering Mind" is his first gallery exhibit.
Matt resides in Davidsonville, Maryland with wife and three teenage children. He holds a doctoral degree in Speech Communication from the
Pennsylvania State University and is employed at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center as an employee and organizational development
specialist.
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 Mr. Littlefield began photographing, developing and printing images before he was ten years old, a very long time ago. Originally a watercolorist, he now specializes in landscape and natural photography. He uses digital cameras and especially appreciates the beauty and flexibility of this medium.
His images appear in Maine galleries and local newspapers. He is a regular photographer for the Special Olympics Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge!
He has taken many photography courses including studying at the Rockport School of Photography. A member of the Bowie Crofton Camera Club, he is very much still learning!
Mr. Littlefield has lived over a quarter century in Annapolis, Maryland. He spends his summers on Vinalhaven Island in mid coast Maine.
1490 Bridgewater Way
62 Atlantic Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401
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Vinalhaven, ME 04863
410-849-8285
207-863-4329
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Fred Livezey (pronounced LIV-zee) was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts). He also studied
photography with Becky Young at the University of Pennsylvania.
Fred founded the graphic design firm Livezey Graphics and has created award winning advertising and publications for clients such as IBM,
Sears Roebuck & Co., INA, Cheltenham Township and the Sports Car Club of America.
Photography has always been part of his life. He experimented with many darkroom techniques to create images for business and art. Fred
currently works with digital photography and is an expert Photoshop artist.
Fred's work can be seen at LivezeyGraphics.com.
" Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself." —Samuel Butler.
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 Jack's interest in photography started early. After one of his photos won a prize at Leland Junior High School in Bethesda, he took his photography seriously.
Education and business filled his life as he pursued a career as a Certified Public Accountant, first in Washington, then in Annapolis. Through it all, a camera was
never far from his hand. His photographs began to garner compliments and recognition.
The front page of The Capital, October 20, 2008, carried his magnificent photo of two ships challenging each other and nature, in the Great Schooner Race start.
While studying for his Master of Arts at St. Johns College in Annapolis, Jack expanded his audience. His photograph of the Great Blue Heron was accepted in a juried
show at the College's Mitchell Gallery.
Several times his photos also passed the juried selection process for exhibition with the Maryland Federation of Art. He has been a frequent contributor to juried
shows at the River Gallery in Galesville.
One glance at his artistic compositions demonstrates that through the lens he sees nature's world of light, color and beauty.
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Born in Lexington, NC in 1954 Jerry was raised with an appreciation for the country and the mountains of his home state. He became
interested in photography in high school and used the black and white darkroom there to first experiment with his images. After high school
Jerry attended NC State University on an Army Scholarship through ROTC where he used the universities facilities to further develop his
talents.
After graduating from NC State University Jerry became an officer in the US Army. During his tours in the Army he became more serious in
his photography technique. Many of the places Jerry was stationed offered unique opportunities for honing his photography skills,
especially while stationed in Germany in the mid-eighties. Jerry began using medium format cameras (Pentax 6X7) during this time shooting
professional slide film and some print film. These archives gave him sufficient stock from which to start a photographic business.
After retiring from the Army in 1995 Jerry worked at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland managing service contracts for 8 years. During this
time he continued to pursue his love of photography. In 2005 Jerry made the decision to make photography his full time vocation.
Jerry has since been selected to display and sell his works in many juried art and craft shows throughout the mid Atlantic region.
Jerry's images of architecture, landscapes and people reflect his studies of the techniques of Ansel Adams, John Shaw and Galen Russell.
His imagery, which he calls "stops along the way," reflect those moments when the light, composition and subject matter are especially
appealing.
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"I grew up with my summers filled with camping trips to the High Sierra mountains. That is where my interest in outer space began. I would lie in my sleeping bag and just watch the billions of stars in the sky and wonder and wonder about what else was out there. That love of the cosmos never left me. While studying for my BS in psychology at Arizona State University I took a course in Astronomy. But really I just wanted to paint the universe. Or what I imagined the universe to look like.
"I believe in using many media in various and experimental ways. For example, my Universe Series is done in mixed media such as enamel and inks and various chemicals on Lucite. The origins of the Universe Series were found partially in Voyager and partially in the universal wonder about space inherent in most of us. Through the Universe Series my work has evolved into a "liquid painting" style. That style allows me more freedom to create images that encompass images of space, water and organics.
"My art has been shown in exhibitions across the North America, Europe and Asia. The Farmington Museum in New Mexico purchased one of my space paintings for their permanent collection. Also the Federal Reserve Board collection, the National Science Foundation and American Association for the Advancement of Science have my paintings in their collections."
Visit Sandi at www.SandiRitchieMiller.com.
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E. Colby Munger began using a 35mm camera and tripod in high school to capture the coastal landscapes of San Francisco Bay. Over the next
forty years, a camera was always close by as he traveled the world, first in the Navy and then for pleasure.
Five years ago Colby began using a digital camera to create a photographic log as he and his wife, Carol, cruised the East Coast in their
boat. In the last few years he has expanded his photo explorations to capture America's beautiful natural areas.
Colby has enjoyed art in many forms and his endeavors have included macramé, bonsai, drawing and watercolor painting. The
simplicity of Asia's Zen art, the American landscape painters of the 19th century, and the works of Georgia O'Keefe and Ansel Adams
influence his photography.
" My goal is to capture the awe that I feel seeing the divine in creation whether small or grand and to share that sense of the sublime
with others through fine art prints."
Visit Colby at E. Colby Munger Photography.
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Paul Nelson is a life long adventurer, spending over 22 years traveling the world operating undersea robotic equipment. Paul's work has led
him from the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, to aircraft recoveries off the coast of Africa, to discovering centuries old ship wrecks in
the Mediterranean. His photos have been published in local and national magazines. He currently lives in Maryland and is responsible for
some of Annapolis' more memorable images.
Paul is a primarily self-taught photographer, but credits much of his ability to present the finer points of his craft to the great
teachings of John Shaw, Tony Sweet, Freeman Patterson, and E. David Luria. Paul has led many of the "Annapolis Photo Tours" under the
auspices of E. David Luria and The Washington Photo Safari.
Paul's photographs have the power to wake people up to their own inner sense of joy, through truly celebrating the beauty of creation.
" What attracts me to great photography is the photographer's gift to see beauty in the simplest of objects, and the skill to transfer
that beauty to film for others to enjoy. To this I aspire."
Visit Paul at www.paulnelson.net.
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Dawn Nobilio discovered her passion for photography while traveling abroad in her late teens. However, it wasn't until many years later
that she pursued her dream of becoming a professional photographer. Upon graduating with honors from the Washington School of Photography,
Dawn embraced all aspects of photography and opened her own business. Dawn's specialties range from portraits, both individual and family,
to pet and architectural photography. Some of Dawn's work has been published in Architecture DC and she is actively involved in
participating in award winning competitions. In Dawn's spare time she enjoys displaying her fine art work in local galleries and business
establishments, spending time with family and friends, and playing with her two dogs, Bandit and Magic. Dawn resides near Annapolis, MD, in
a quaint island town that offers much inspiration with its small town feel and beautiful sunsets on the South River.
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Darryl Savage presents a collection of photographs from his eponymous shop DHS Designs in Queenstown, on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Darryl
has been a presence in the antiques and design community for many years in the Annapolis, DC and NY areas. His clientele include household
names, ranging from the political theater (Kennedy, Rumsfeld, Roosevelt) to professional performers (Faith Hill, Pia Lindstrom), from
athletic greats (Sugar Ray Leonard, Big Daddy Wilkinson) to masters of finance (Getty, DuPont, Schlumberger), and such fashion icons as
Donna Karan.
Born in Washington, DC, in 1953, Darryl moved to NYC in the early 70's where he graduated from The New School/Parsons. He was always
interested in all things beautiful, and included art and photography among his studies of business and philosophy. However, it was the
classroom of NYC itself that inspired him to chronicle life, with all of its beauty and foibles. Street life and café society made
its impression, putting him in the environs of such cultural icons as Warhol and Jagger, Lou Reed and Patti Smith, Lauren Hutton and Jerry
Hall, Studio 54 and CBGB and others.
"Darryl sees the interesting quirk," quipped top NY society decorator Charlotte Moss in an article about Savage in Architectural Digest
(12/00). Certainly, having traveled extensively in Europe, and coming of age in Greenwich Village in the 70's shaped his ability to balance
his eye for the beautiful with his humor for the absurd. Through the medium of photography he shares with us his vision—from evoking
an appreciation for the grand architecture of our civilization, to documenting the playgrounds of the wealthy, to recording candidly
colorful characters of the street.
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Tom Sullivan is a Baltimore/Washington area photographer/videographer, who has worked in the zoo and conservation field for over thirty years. Mr. Sullivan started his professional photography career in Key Largo, Florida working in underwater photography for the Steven Frinks School of Underwater Photography. It is here he developed his love for Mother Nature's unique creative style, and it was here he learned of its rapid destruction. Mr. Sullivan returned to the Washington/ Baltimore area where he began working with the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington DC. It was at the National Zoo that he developed his skills in the fine art of zoo photography. His pictures began to appear in several national underwater magazines and The National Zoos publications. Because of his work at the zoo, he was offered an opportunity to photograph, display and design the underwater graphics exhibit in the new wing of the National Aquarium in Washington in 1984.
In 1985 Mr. Sullivan joined forces with the Baltimore Zoo Medical Staff to begin the work of documenting their ground braking IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION in LION-TAIL MACAQUES project. The work was so important that Mr. Sullivan felt that a video documentary was in order. It was from this start that Mr. Sullivan began his career in broadcast video. He soon became a staff member at the Baltimore Zoo specifically to develop a photographic/ video department. Mr. Sullivan's' pictures have appeared in the Baltimore Zoos' promotional brochures, annual reports and press releases. In 1987 Mr. Sullivan formed his own production company, dealing mainly with zoo research, and conservation. He has provided numerous video clips for the three major local television stations, as well as CBS and NBC on a National level. Tom has worked on several documentaries for PBS and has one project accepted by National Geographic films.
He has worked on a documentary video and photography for the Milwaukee Zoo on Rhino Reproduction Techniques. He has traveled all over the country video taping Rhino for this project, which outlines different reproduction methods used to increase Rhino numbers.
Mr. Sullivan's spend 3 to 4 months for 5years in row in the Rain Forest of Colombia, South America. There he worked on a documentary and photographing the ecology and biology of the Cotton Top Tamarin, a near extinct primate in Northern Colombia. A second project was completed photographing and video tapping a hands-on conservation and educational program. This educational program targets local high-school students in the tiny village of Coloso, Colombia. The completed video "The ecology and biology of the Cotton-Top Tamarin," was named a semi-finalist in the "Jack Ward Film Competition".
Mr. Sullivan has spoken at several International Zoological and conservation conferences around the country on photographic and video applications in field and zoo research.
His photographic works have appeared in the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, Baltimore Sun, Maryland Magazine, City Paper, Zoogoer, Video Systems Magazine, Animal Kingdom Magazine, Zoogram, Skin Diver Magazine, Scubacrome, and Zoo Life Magazine just to name a few.
In addition to his photographic contributions in the animal kingdom, Mr. Sullivan was one of the Baltimore Orioles Baseball Teams photographers for 12 years. He continued his sports photography as photographer for the Washington Capitals, Washington Wizards/Bullets and the Baltimore Ravens. He has also done commercial assignments for numerous national corporations.
Mr. Sullivan has made a firm commitment to the conservation of our animals and environment. He feels that if we do not turn our destructive environmental habits around within the next ten years, we will be reading in our newspapers and viewing on our televisions the daily fatality statistics of humans due to the environmental effects. He has said, "I hope through my pictures and videos I can help make people see not only the beauty, but realize the urgent need to preserve the worlds' remaining forest and animals, because we are truly looking at our own fate."
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