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On the Brink of Love
This piece, “within reach,” began with me looking back at the “past lives” series I had created not too long before. I was looking at the characters in the series and decided I would explore aspects of the same story even if it was with different characters. As usual, when I started I didn’t have…
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Hope in Dark Times
I created “the lost bouquet” in August. A friend, after seeing it, asked me if I was okay. Several works before had appeared cheerier. I told her I was doing fine. “the lost bouquet” isn’t about grief or loss. It’s about hope in that darkness. It’s about the growth that happens when we can’t see…
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New Life Exhibition in Cagliari, Italy!
I felt honored to have “the next phase: trust” exhibited in “The New Life Exhibition” in September at the Fondazione per l’arte Bartoli Felter, in Cagliari (Sardinia), Italy! Recently I’ve been using butterflies in lots of my images. I see them as a representation of new life, of starting again after the ravages of Covid…
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MDAC 2021 Mobile Photography/Art Winner
One of the most important conferences and exhibitions for mobile photography and art is the Mobile Digital Arts and Creativity Summit in Palo Alto, CA each year. This year the Summit was both physical and virtual (last year, when I won an “Honorable Mention,” it was only virtual due to Covid-19). I was so incredibly…
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Mira Mobile Prize 2020
I’m so excited and honored to have “the weight of hearts” selected as one of 150 images projected at the Mira Mobile Prize 2020 Exhibition in Porto, Portugal (!). The exhibition opened last night, June 19, and will run for one month at the Mira Forum in Porto. Mira also did a Facebook Live during…
Melissa D. Johnston Art 