1980s "Lotus Blossom" Hand Painted Photographic Print

Description

hand painted color photographic print by Anna Tomczak
Image Size: 15 x 15 in (38.1 x 38.1 cm)
Paper Size: … more hand painted color photographic print by Anna Tomczak
Image Size: 15 x 15 in (38.1 x 38.1 cm)
Paper Size: 16 x 20 in (40.64 x 50.8 cm)
Mat Size: 24 x 20 in
Subject Matter: Botanical Still Life
Edition No. 4/10

Anna Tomczak's photographs are created in the studio where she assembles her "scenes." Each image is described in vibrant colors and assembled with found objects such as botanicals, memorabilia, and artifacts, as well as the human figure. In her own words, she explains, "Artifacts depict my personal experience through visual narrative and combine color, light and texture to welcome the interpretation of the viewer. I am interested in the impact of images combined together- textures, feathers, air bubbles, and butterflies, patterns of light and shadow."

Anna Tomczak earned her BA in Theater Arts-Film Studies from Pennsylvania State University and an MFA in Fine Art Photography from the University of Florida. This combination of theater, film and photography provided her the foundation for the development of dramatic imagery realized in her current work. Tomczak's photography has been featured in exhibitions at venues including the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Southeast Museum of Photography, and the Norton Museum of Art, among others. Recently, her images were included in a traveling exhibition organized by the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography titled The Polaroid Project, that traveled internationally to cities including Vienna and Berlin. Tomczak's photographs were also included in an exhibit at Fotonostra in Barcelona in October of 2019. less