debra tomaszewski
FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY
PORTRAITS
I love to photograph people in situations that portray
universal themes of growing older. Children and adolescents are my
favorite subjects. They seem simple but are quite complex. These
timeless complexities connect us all. My photographs are visual metaphors
of life captured in everyday moments.
Debra received honorable mention
in the prestigious "Spectra
'07 Triennial" at the Silvermine
Guild Arts Center, CT for her image Gateway from the "Growing Up
Girl" Project. The juror was Peter MacGill, owner of Pace/MacGill Gallery,
NYC. More images from "Growing Up Girl Project" were on display as
well this year in "Extasy
On" at PrimoPiano
Livin Gallery, Lecce,
Debra's portraits were
selected for inclusion in the prestigious Critical Mass Portfolio
Review, associated with Photolucida as well as the Review Santa Fe, the only
juried portfolio review in the country.
A partial portfolio of portraits
can be seen at FStop Magazine Gallery representing the group exhibition, "Childhood/Adulthood"
and in the newly released book, F-Stop:The First Four
Years. as well as in the Double Exposure Book Series, Photos That Inspire:Photo.
Debra also received honorable mention in the prestigious The Lucies / International Photography
Awards for her “Growing Up Girl” Series and her
portraits of children. Her "Growing Up Girl" portfolio was
also selected to be screened at the Palm
Springs Photo Festival Slide Show.