James Ritchie says, "Night Lights explores what lurks in the shadows of the haunting and mysterious half-light of dusk and night. With the harsh and distracting light of day extinguished, unexpected beauty is revealed in the dim, mundane, silent and serene solitude of night.
 
These images present a sensation of unfamiliarity within familiar situations that, combined with subtle details of odd, mundane, or sometimes humoristic elements or juxtapositions, break the passivity of spectators and invites them to participate in the art by developing their own interpretations."

James Ritchie has always had an interest in art and photography, but it wasn't until after he retired that he was able to devote himself to serious artistic endeavors. During the two decades since, he has taken an autodidactic path from snapshooting to fine art photography. His award-winning work, which is exhibited regionally and nationally, is enjoyed by an international audience and owned in a growing number of private, corporate, and commercial collections.

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2019

SE Center for Photography - Greenville, SC
Light!  Exhibition

Edward Hopper House - Nyack, NY
Annual Member Exhibition

2018

Albuquerque Museum - Albuquerque, NM
28th Annual ArtsThrive: Invitational Art Exhibition & Benefit
October 19 – December 2, 2018

Scarab Club - Detroit, MI
Annual Photography Exhibition

International Photo Awards
2018  Professional: Architectural, Industry - Honorable Mention

Aritst Portfolio Magazine
2018  Art 20 - Honorable Mention

New York Center For Photographic Art (NYC4PA)
2018  Portals - Juror's Selection: "Symmetry"
Darren Ching, Juror

2017

Nicole Longnecker Gallery - Houston, TX
Industrialism in the 21st Century

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AWARDS

34th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition
2019  - $1,000 Excellence Award

6th Manifest Gallery International Photography Annual
Finalist - pp 96-97

International Photo Awards
2018  Professional: Architectural, Industry - Honorable Mention

Aritst Portfolio Magazine
2018  Art 20 - Honorable Mention

New York Center For Photographic Art (NYC4PA)
2018  Portals - Juror's Selection: "Symmetry" - Darin Ching, Juror

JamesCRitchieFineArt.com

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Anastasia Davis says, "In my photographs, I explore the incongruity that I often experience between what I see and what I feel. I am interested in those states of being that exist somewhere on the fringes of awareness, that evoke personal mental space or tap into perceptual memories, and the ambiguity of meaning such images create." 

Anastasia Davis was born in Ukraine in 1987 but grew up in Israel and the United States. She received a BA in psychology from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL in 2009, an MA from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in 2011, and attended classes at the International Center for Photography in New York, NY between 2013-2014 .  Her work is concerned with sensory and emotional experience before it is translated into meaning and what lies between perception and interpretation. She lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA.

www.anastasiadavisphoto.com
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