Beneath the surface

• Photographer
  Lola Mitchell, United States
• Website
  http://www.lolamitchellfineart.com
• Instagram
  sasseefrench

What do you see beneath the surface? Is it the whole story?

I grew up between a dark room and a stage in Paris, France. I was lucky enough to hang out in theaters during rehearsals and assist my father in the darkroom and hear him explain his process.
My love is underwater photography and I find an everlasting pool of ideas when I shoot in that environment. The process of shooting without oxygen allows me to tune out the world and focus on the moment. It is almost a state of meditation and I cherish my shoots.
The second step is Photoshop where the image gets shaped and a story unfolds. My work has been described as surreal, ethereal and painterly.

Awards Contact me for any print request at sasseefrench@gmail.com

EXHIBITIONS:

· The Other Art Fair in Santa Monica CA, from Sept 5-8, 2019

· Beverly Hills Art Show May 2019.

· Photo Independent 2018 from Nov 8-11 at the Carrousel du Louvres, Paris.

· Photo Independent 2018 from Oct 5-7 at the Reef DTLA

· Cross Currents exhibit with Saatchi Art July 2016-present Santa Monica

· Studio Five08 gallery in Santa Monica CA 2015

· 11:11 gallery in Tarzana CA July 2014- August 2014

· Serendipity group show with Create Fixate

· group show with Cannibal Flowers

· Los Angeles Mobile Arts Festival

· Orange County Center for Contemporary Art

· Mobile Photo expo

· IPA quarterly



2019: Honorable Mention in the Fine Art Special Effect category at the Tokyo International Foto Awards for my series Pieces of me

2019: First prize for photography at the Beverly Hills Art Show

2018: International Photo Awards Professional digitally enhanced honorable mention.

2016: International Photo Awards-Non professional digitally enhanced. Third Place for this series and honorable mention for that one.

2016: Moscow International Foto awards (MIFA) Honorable mention digitally enhanced category.

2016: PX3 2016 Honorable Mentions for Reflections series and beneath the surface

2015: PX3 2015 Honorable Mentions for Self portraits and Dreams series

2015: Discovery of the year ND Awards 2015 for beneath the surface series.

2015: 3rd Place winner in Amateur Fine art special effect category at Moscow Photo Awards

2015: ShortlistLICC (London International Creative Competition) for Les poupees series

2015: featured in Fubiz.net website on Oct 6. Article here

2015: Featured in My Modern met website on Oct 5. Article here

2015: IPA Honorable mention in the non professional fine art and non professional digitally enhanced for Beneath the surface series

2015: The exposure award dream collection book

2014: AX3 (American Aperture Awards)