Artist Reception
TONIGHT!!
2/4/11
5pm – 7pm
The Painted Bride
* Image above Nude #1 – Laurie Beck Peterson
I am pleased to be counted among the group of artist who are showing their figurative work in the show In My Body: Reworks. The show features 5 of my non-silve gum bichromate pieces. Nude #1 is of my daughter Riley, floating in a swimming pool. As many of you know, in addition to my commercial and wedding business, I teach non-silver photography at The University of The Arts and at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design. It’s been a while since I have shown my work so I am very excited to be a part of First Friday once again. Stop on by if you can! If you can’t, the show will be up until March 19 and there will be a semi-closing reception on First Friday March 4, 5pm-7pm. Gallery hours Tuesday-Saturday 12-6.
ELIZABETH EDWARDS
One of the wonderful things about being a photographer is that I am able to photograph many amazing people. I was lucky to spend 4 hours with Elizabeth Edwards in 2009 when she spoke to a group of breast cancer survivors at a Living Beyond Breast Cancer conference. LBBC has been a wonderful client of mine and my work with them has allowed me into the lives of many cancer survivors. I was saddened yesterday to learn that Elizabeth had passed away. I was warmed to know that I was able to spend time with her and make some wonderful images. Each person I photograph, no matter how famous or not, touches me and informs my life experience. This is one of the most cherished gifts about being a people photographer.
JOHN STANGO – URBAN POP ARTIST
Even though this blog is wedding focused, from time to time I will highlight some of my corporate or fine art work, to keep my followers informed about what else I am working on. Recently, I had the great privilege to photograph Urban Pop Artist John Stango‘s paintings for his new website. His colorful pallatte and large scale paintings were a nice alternative to photographing people, especially during the winter months when the wedding season is slower. John’s work appears in public and private collections including those of Jessica Simpson, Sylvester Stallone, Nicole Miller, and Governor Ed Rendell. Aside from loving the art, John and Mimi, his rep, are great people to work with!! Visit his site to see more of his work as well as mine.
We had fun doing some alternative style portraits of John as he became part of his painting of Marilyn Monroe.
I was thrilled to be contacted and selected to have one of my weddings featured in the fall/winter issue of Brides.com Magazine – Real Weddings. I photographed Sondra and Carl’s wedding last August 2nd and they were such a photogenic and fun couple that I immediately featured them on my website. They were married at Appleford and Beautiful Blooms did a fabulous job on the flowers. Their wedding was a natural choice for me when I was asked for submissions to Real Weddings. You can see the full spread on pages 138 – 139 as well as more images from the wedding at Laurie Beck Photography.
