Merrie Asimow, Menlow Park, CA, USA
Colorado Bridge, 2009

Merrie Asimow, previously a computer consultant, has been helping people understand computers, software, and cameras for over 20 years. Merrie now devotes herself to being a full-time photographer and artist. In recent years her desire for a unique approach has led her to use specialized filters to enhance her images.
Asimow and her images from China and Tibet were featured in Viewfinder magazine and was the winner of the Worldwide Photowalk at Lake Tahoe in 2008.
www.merriephoto.com

Candace Biggerstaff, Newbury Park, CA, USA
New Flora

My passion for photography began at the age of twelve , upon receiving a used Aries 35mm Rangefinder camera as a birthday gift from my father. The pivotal work of photographers Imogen Cunningham, Dorothea Lange, have been a major inspiration for my work. I am learning to become selective. I can focus on life's obstacles and challenges or choose to consciously turn them into opportunities. I know that everything in life seems to appear more hopeful through the lens of a camera.
www.CandaceBiggerstaff.com

Callie Biggerstaff, Newbury Park, CA, USA
Sunday

Callie Biggerstaff is a fourth generation Los Angeles native. She realized her serious passion for photography in her early twenties, and is following in her mother’s footsteps by pursuing a career in professional photography, with an emphasis on fashion, commercial and documentary style imagery.
www.calliebiggerstaff.com

Kathy Corday, Chicago, IL, USA
"Wave Self-Portrait No. 1"

After a hiatus from exhibiting her work, former staff photographer for Walt Disney Imagineering, Kathy Corday reemerges with this selection from her “Gray” series, an exploration of the charisma of humanity as it exists in shadow. Previously, her work has appeared in exhibitions for Long Beach Arts, the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, and in 1990 Women In Photography International. Direct inquiries to: kathycordayusa@me.com.

kathycordayusa@me.com

Joan Dooley, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Nimbus, Toned, 2000

A fine art documentary photographer & art historian, Joan's style has been described as “decisive moment meets Jan Vermeer.” After earning a Master’s degree in Art History, she has worked in various aspects of the photography field - photojournalism, museum curatorship and now education – each new venture serving to further invigorate her passion for the medium. She was Assistant Curator of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum for twelve years. Since 1999 she has worked as an award-winning photo teacher in LA's inner city, currently at LAUSD’s new arts high school, aka HS#9, at 450 North Grand. joandooley.carbonmade.com/

Estelle Dougier, Paris, FRANCE
Mystery Woman, 2009

Estelle Dougier is a fine-art photographer. Born in 1971 in Paris, she has followed classes at the Ecole Speos in Paris and at the International Center of Photography in New York. Her key themes are night life, shows and childhood. She uses an old film and medium format camera (an Hasselbald 501 CM) and works principally in color. Estelle has exhibited in France (Paris, Arles, Lille), the UK, the United States, Portugal, Italy, Bulgaria and Belgium and her images have won several well-known international photography prizes. www.estelledougier.com

Jean Ferro, Los Angeles, CA, USA
ducks-in-a-row 2009, ongoing series

Jean Ferro's fine art self-portrait work has been published in international publications Zoom, French Photo and Japan's Shukan Shincho. TV network magazine shows ABC Network Eye On LA and CBS, America Show. Ferro's film and music personality collection includes such artists as David Bowie, Reba McEntire, Ringo Starr, and her actor/director son, Eric Etebari. She produced and directed 30 min dcumntary "Through Our Own Eyes, Self-Portrait by People Without Homes." As a feature photographer for Los Angeles Magazine, Ferro photographed Arianna Huffington, Larry Gelbart, Fred Otash and others. Her collections include self-portraits, Global Liberty, Bucks County, Pa, Film/Music and the ducks-in-a-row series. President of WIPI 2000-2011 www.JeanFerro.com

Ellen Freyer, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Searching for Beauty, 2010

My work as a photographer is informed by my studies in art history, my background as a painter and my experience as an award winning filmmaker. Using familiar subjects I try to create a sense of mystery and beauty in pictures that exist between observation and memory, painting and photography. freyere@sbcglobal.net

Lauri Gaffin, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Lake Jo

laurigaffin@mac.com

Wilda Gerideau-Squires, Andover, MA

Wilda Gerideau-Squires is an award-winning fine art photographer who has garnered national and international recognition. She uses both film and digital photography to capture a variety of images during her extensive travels around the world. The included image, “Tendril”, was recently featured in an exhibition at the Pen and Brush Gallery in New York City. Gerideau-Squires is a resident artist at Western Avenue Studios in Lowell, Massachusetts and serves on the Board of Directors of the Brush Art Gallery, also in Lowell. Her work may be viewed at her studio or www.wgsgallery.org.

Law Hamilton, Rockport, ME, USA
Charles Lloyd, The Profile, August 2002

Photographing musicians exposes the essence of the improvisational aspects of Jazz. The genius captured in the performances is a portrait of creative people.
Love of nature leads me to express through investigation, using patterns to lead the eye to a new perspective of what otherwise might be passed by, and finding
ways of incorporating nature into architectural details.
www.lawhamilton.com

Heather Jacks, Belpasso, ITALY

I have always been acutely conscious of light, shadow, and the beauty of my surroundings.  Shadows produced by the late day sun, along with simple objects and textures, inspire me to photograph.  Whether a moody landscape, or a window side still life, I try to impart a sense of timelessness to my work.   The use of selective focus via a plastic lens, or the addition of textures and tones to my photographs is an integral part of the creative process for me.  These additions allow me to complete my vision for a particular image.
www.heatherjacksphotography.com

Noreen Larinde, Los Angeles, CA, USA
THE KORAN, October, 2010

www.NoreenLarinde.30art.com

Joyce C. Lopez, Chicago, IL, USA
Little Eve. 2006

WIPI 2011 "Black and White and Color" Comp., Nature -First Place SOHO Photo Small Works Itl. Comp. Feb 2011-Honorable Mention, NYCThe Worldwide Photography Awards-Dominant Color Comp-Gold Honorable Mention
Photocenter NW Member show. 2010, Dec-Jan. 2011, Seattle Finalist-The Clarence John Laughlin Award 2010-New Orleans Photo Alliance Women In Photography Itl. "Faces" 2010 competition-two entries. The Julia Margaret Cameron Itl. Comp. 2010, 1st, and 2nd and Honorable Mention in Nature Category. The Center-Editor's Choice Award 2010 selected by Kathy Ryan and Scott Thode   www.joycelopez.com

Meg Madison, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Red Tail Light, Union Square, 12.26, series, 2007

Meg Madison is a fine art photographer concerned with investigating image, and memory. She has been taking photographs for 20 years, exhibiting for 15, and is a graduate of San Francisco Film School. Her recent work RIGHTSIZING NARRATIVE explores our cultural visual Language of storytelling and was exhibited at the Kristi Engle Gallery in Los Angeles. Madison is currently working on a portrait project and soliciting subjects., in you are interested please contact her at info@megmadison.com
MegMadison.com

Barbara Pickles, Camarillo, CA, USA
Obligation, 2009

Barbara Pickles is a fine art and commercial photographer in Southern California. After studying art at Wellesley College she became a photographer, art director and commercial producer in Los Angeles. Recently completing her MFA studies in photography at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, Pickles continues to develop her photographic career. Her fine art photography explores the challenges today’s women face in navigating their roles as mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, and professionals. bpickles@roadrunner.com

Dani Roter, Los Angeles, CA, USA
 The Office, 2009

 daniroter@gmail.com

Barbara Ruffini, Costa Mesa, CA, USA
Isn't it Pretty to Think So, 2010

Barbara Ruffini is a Southern California-based artist; interested in the vernacular, the everyday, but also in looking toward something greater. Her work is often personal and sometimes sentimental, melancholic, somewhat romantic, or purposefully mysterious. She is interested in what is reflected back to the self or the viewer; the mood created. She is inspired by the singular beauty of imperfection and what it is to be human. Our fragility and resilience. In some ways – it is always self-portraiture. What she sees in the world – always reflected back upon herself. www.barbararuffini.com

Aliki Sapountzi, Edinborough, SCOTLAND
Mother Earth Spinning, 2010

Filmmaker and Photographer Aliki Sapountzi is known for her socio-documentary and travel photography. Exhibited and published internationally, her purpose is to bring spirit into focus. Alternative ways of living and dying are amongst her favoured subjects. In 'Mother Earth Spinning' Aliki branches out into a more playful mode.
www.aliki.co.uk

Wendi Schneider, Denver, CO, USA
Reverie, October 2010

Wendi Schneider’s graceful compositions are the foundation for her detailed, sensual photographs. Raised in Memphis, she graduated in fine art from Newcomb in New Orleans. She began making photos as reference for oil paintings and began painting them, finding balance between surrealism and realism. She moved to NY in '88 to pursue her photo career and to Denver in '94. A major contributor to Hearst’s Victoria Magazine, her color and hand-painted photos have been featured by Bantam, Berkley, Little Brown, Penguin Putnam, Random House, St. Martin's, Simon & Schuster, Warner Books, Sony Records, Young & Rubicam and others. Her images are exhibited and collected internationally.
www.wendischneider.com

Elizabeth Siegfried, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Turbo, 2009

Elizabeth Siegfried is known for her work in self portraiture and photographic narrative. Siegfried has worked with the historical process of platinum for twenty-five years and has exhibited her images internationally. Her photographs have been published in SHOTS magazine, Schwarzweiss, La Fotografia Actual, Camera Arts, Photo Life Magazine and The Women’s Daybook. "LifeLines" her first book, published in 2000 includes a literary introduction by the National Book Award Winner Andrea Barrett. Her work is represented in private and public collections, including the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan; the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography in Ottawa; and the Peter E. Palmquest Women in Photography International Archive held at the Beinicke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. www.elizabethsiegfried.com

Diane Silverman, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Doll Baby #1, 2009

Diane Silverman has been an actively engaged artist in a variety of media for most of her adult life, with a concentrated focus on photography for the past 20 years. Professionally she is a psychotherapist, psychoanalyst and an art therapist in private practice. This image is part of a series entitled “A Stilled Life”, a continuing project based on autobiographical impressions. After many years of photographing others, she has turned the camera on herself through a series of actual self-portraits and metaphorical still life images. “I do not want to photograph only what I see, but what I feel”.
djsilverman@sbcglobal.net