Mary E. H.
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Vital Stats
- Age: 27
- Location: Portland, OR, United States (Female)
- Listed As: Photographer, Promoter
- Looking For: Artists, Models, Photographers
- Last Active: Oct 12th, 2006
- Joined: Mar 14th, 2006
About Me
I have been doing photography for the last 9 1/2
years. I went to school at the Academy of Art
University in San Francisco, and majored in fine art
photography with a minor in graphic design. I also
began my own successful freelance photography
business up in the bay area, doing commisioned
work for bands, models, and music zines. During
June of 2004, I was sent out to Europe to photograph
bands on tour for a music zine, and ended up
severely injuring my back while on a media platform
that collapsed at a metalfest in Germany. I ended up
bedridden for months, before and after undergoing
spinal fusion surgery at UCSF hospital. My injuries
forced me to drop out of school, 3 semester shy of
having my bachelor's degree, and caused me to
move back to my hometown for long, slow recovery.
Though my photography career has taken a few
pauses, I have managed to keep working consistently
over the years....in the beginning I was all about Black
and White, and infrared film...and would strictly do all
my work in the darkroom using traditional processes.
When I became injured, I had to give up the darkroom
for a couple years, and during that time I advanced
my skills with digital photography, and learned to
appreciate color photography and the benefits of the
digital image editing and printing processes.
Many people still criticize digital photography as an
art form, but I have not seen anyone make works of
art without having a good photograph to start with and
knowledge of the fundamental aspects of
photog
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