I see you. I hear you. I love you.
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PrizeHonorable Mention
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PhotographerAna Fuentes, United States
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StudioAnaelisafoto
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A self-portrait recorded at home during the rage of the California wildfires; the shelter-in-place emergency order at the zenith of Covid-19 global pandemic; and the Monkey-Pox virus outbreak in San Francisco. Finally, an enduring homage to Man Ray
I began my photography career with the Diana camera my grandmother gifted me as a young girl. Whether recording family portraits reflected from the hubcaps of our Volkswagen Beetle family car to formal and candid portraits of dignitaries, refugees, or actors capturing human essence has been and remains my clarion call. My daily discipline of toting my camera around with me has honed my skills in the decisive moment. This art of capturing those fleeting, unscheduled moments in the liminal spaces of daily life has engendered my life in visual satori and personal, human enrichment.
Awards First Place Portraiture, Orange County Press Awards for the Los Angeles Times;
Second Place The Arts Los Angeles Press Club for the Los Angeles Times;
Group Editorial Award for Enterprise and Investigative Reporting, California News Publishers Association, for the Ukiah Daily Journal;
California Council on the Humanities contributing photographer: The New Oakies: A photographic portrait of the Mixtec Immigrants of the Santa Maria
Valley; Santa Barbara, California, USA. This project in collaboration with the Santa Barbara News-Press; the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission; and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art;
Archival library of His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, India;
United Nations New York: Voices Exhibit, on the occasion of the First Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues;
Museum Induction and Solo Exhibit in Honor of Women's History Month: Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center Museum, Glen Cove, New York;
CROSSROADS, Women in Photojournalism, National Press Photographers Association, National Juried Exhibition
ON SUSTAINABILITY, group exhibition, Melweg Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands