My love of trees began early in life. Now, as then, I intuitively knew that trees are extraordinary beings. Recent research shows that trees have a complex unseen communication system facilitated by a fungal network. We know that nutrients, warning signals, and even history is communicated between trees. My aim in this series is not to represent trees as we think we know them, but rather to probe an expanded understanding of trees. I spray, drip and paint solutions onto exposed silver gelatin paper pushing against the very limits of analog printing while exploring the deeper essence of trees.
Jane Olin is an award-winning fine art photographer based in California’s Monterey Bay. Working for over 35 years in the epicenter of West Coast photography movement, she originally learned straight photography. Drawn to Japanese aesthetics and Zen Buddhism, Olin’s images originate from deeply intuitive experiences. Known for her experimental printing techniques, she pushes boundaries of analog photography by manipulating solutions on exposed gelatin silver paper. Olin’s photography has been exhibited internationally and is held in many museum collections.
Awards 2023 Third Place in Nature category, Fine Art Photography Awards
2022 Jury Top 5 Official Selection, Intimate Conversation Series, IPA International Photography Awards
2021 Best of Show, Curator Selection, Intimate Conversation 25, Sanctuary of Silence; Second Place, Analog/Film, Fine Art category; Honorable Mention, Fine Art/Abstract category, IPA International Photography Awards
2020 Honorable Mentions in Architecture: Cityscape category; Fine Art: Abstract category; & Nature: Tree category, ND Neutral Density Photography Awards
2020 Silver Winner in Nature Category, PX3 Prix de la Photographie de Paris
2019 Winner in Nature and Winner in Cityscapes Categories; Honorable Mention in Nature Series Category and Fine Art Category, Jurors Elizabeth Avedon and Mona Kuhn, 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Award
2018 Finalist in Nature, 13th Julia Margaret Cameron Award,
2017 Gold Award in Fine Art Category, TIFA Tokyo International Foto Award
2013 Juror Award, Women In Photography International, Juror Cat Jimenez, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Gold Medal Award, San Francisco International Photography Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2012 Jurors Award of Merit, International Fine Art Photography Competition: Grand Prix de la Découverte, Paris, France
2009 Marion de Sola Mendez Memorial Award, National Association of Women Artists, New York
2008 First Place, Juried Photography Exhibition, Juror Roy DeCarava, Pen and Brush Gallery, New York
2008 Second Place, Small Works, National Association of Women Artists, New York
2007 First Place, 28th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition, Juror Josephine Sacabo, Smithtown Township Art Council, St. James, NY
2003 Second Place, National Juried Photo Competition, Juror Joyce Tenneson, Camera Club of New York
2002 Award of Excellence, “Best of Photography Annual,” Photographer’s Forum Magazine
1994 Best of Show for Foreign Artists, Third International Women’s Photography Festival, Smolensk, Russia
