GROWING UP GIRL
 These environmental portraits
are poetic metaphors captured in everyday moments. I examine universal
themes of childhood and adolescence that define who we become.
I explore the confusing emotions and developing
identities of girls as they come of age and examine what it feels like to grow
up as girl through metaphor and subtleties.
We discover timeless,
ageless emotions that connect us all; ambiguity, fear, embrace, confidence,
awkwardness, childhood freedoms, vulnerability, innocence, and coming into your
own...
Debra
received honorable mention in the prestigious "Spectra
'07 Triennial" at the Silvermine
Guild Arts Center, CT for her image "Gateway" from this project.
The juror was Peter MacGill, owner of Pace/MacGill Gallery, NYC. More images
from "Growing Up Girl Project" were on display as well in "Extasy
On" at PrimoPiano
Livin Gallery, Lecce, Italy. Her
"Family Reunion Series" received third place in PX3
Prix De La Photgraphie Paris.
This work was
selected for the prestigious Critical
Mass Portfolio Review,
associated with Photolucida and Review
Sante Fe, the only juried portfolio review in the country. Debra was chosen
as the "Featured Artist”, Issue 13, at The F- Stop Magazine
Gallery, representing the group show titled,"Childhood/Adulthood".
This portfolio is included in the book, F-Stop,The First Four Years.
Debra's image "Mermaid" was published in the newly released book Photos That Inspire:
PhotoWorkshop.com. She received honorable mention in the prestigious International Photography Awards for her
portraits of children and for her "Growing Up Girl"
portfolio. This series was also selected to be screened at the Palm Springs Photo Festival
Slide Show.
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