Diana Whiting photography is in the spotlight
Award winning nature photographer Diana
Whiting will be the December Guest Artist at Gallery 54 in
Skaneateles, NY. Beginning with an opening reception from 5 to 8 pm
on Friday, December 1, many fine art photographs resulting from her
dedication and creativity will be available for viewing and purchase.
A Skaneateles resident and business
owner (Headquarters Salon), Diana will be on hand to speak with
gallery guests about her photographic experiences that date to 1993.
“I come from a family of artists and as a child was encouraged to
pursue my artistic leanings. So,” she adds, “when I bought my
first professional camera I promised myself I would grow into it.”
Through photography she was able to
develop her own voice. In her landscape and intimate nature
photographs she's attracted to things that evoke rhythm and
simplicity. “When I photograph wildlife,” she says, “I want to
tell their stories.” Diana is known for spending hours studying
wildlife in order to be able to understand the story her photos will
convey.
She feels rewarded by the actual
connections that she develops with her wildlife subjects. “I enjoy
being accepted by wildlife and not influencing or changing their
behavior,” she says. That acceptance has become “so many windows
into other worlds.”
Her awards are numerous dating to the
Michael Fawcett Award for a photo titled Stone Canoe
in the “Journal of the Arts” in 2007. In 2010 she garnered second
place in the National Audubon contest as well as a second place prize
from the National Wildlife Federation. Other recognition has come her
way from Nature Photography Magazine, the Adirondack Museum, and the
Rocky Mountain School of Photography.
Light
refreshments will be served with Toro Run Winery offering wine
tastings. This
show opening will also feature the music of Chris Molloy and his
famous Blue Harp.
Gallery
54 is an upscale venue for Central New York artists that showcases
and sells unique, inspired, and timeless art in a diversity of
mediums.
