WOMAN AS PHOTOGRAPHER: DOCUMENTING LIFE AS A WOMAN

11 March - 17 April 2011 Mpls Photo Center Galleries

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Copyright ©2011 Each individual photographer retains sole copyright to her images in this exhibit book.

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ABOUT THIS CALL FOR ENTRY�� Women have been actively involved with photography since the medium’s inception in 1839. The barriers to their participation were lower than in the other arts, and recognition often came faster. Y��et women and their photo-graphs have not been as visible as they should have been in view of their num-bers and past influence. Only in fairly recent exhibitions and critical writings have women’s work in photography received due consideration. This International Call for Entry invited women from around the world to submit photographs that demonstrate a smart, critical take on women with cameras in this day of a more open and subtle notion of gendered identity. Submissions were only limited by imagination and could cover a broad range of challenging, personal, emotional, and political issues facing women today.Their work-life, home, family, friends, relationships, life partners, homosexual, heterosexual, politics, equal rights, stereotypes, causes, roles and wishes.

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A NOTE FROM EXHIBIT CURATOR, CHRISTINA CHANG When I was a young girl, I believed that it was possible for gender—or any marker of identity, for that matter—to be beside the point. This belief was born of a deep desire to trust in humankind’s inherent goodness. I realize now, in hindsight, that it was also a defensive position, absolving me of guilt before the fact. I had been introduced to critical theories of gender, race and class in college, but it wasn’t until graduate school, where I engaged in sustained study of the most celebrated voices of these ideas, that I began to understand the very real stakes of these discussions—in short, why they mattered. As for the personal stakes, I was forced to reckon with my own apoliticism, which I had always considered to be fair-minded neutrality, in debates with my highly politicized friends.

I have lived in Minneapolis less than a year, but the city has given me ample opportunities to flex my burgeoning political consciousness. I was asked to join LAUNCH, a subcommittee of the Minnesota Women’s Campaign Fund that targets young women. It was fortuitous, then, to be asked to jury this competition, the first at MPC to focus solely on the achievements of women, as well as the first to be juried by a woman. In the call for entries I posed the very question of photography that I had been wondering myself: why does it matter that a woman is doing it?

I looked for photographs that challenged me to see a woman’s experience in them, that were foreign to my own sense of what it meant to be a woman. I turned to the work of Judith Butler, a renowned feminist and queer theorist, for her understanding of the radical potential implicit in identity categories. Rather than being frustrated by the impossibility of a label such as woman having the capacity to represent the beautifully complex and variegated ways of actually being a woman, Butler argues that this is precisely the reason why we are able to continually diversify and evolve new understandings of what that identity means.

The process of judging the show was incredibly rewarding. I was deeply moved by and proud of the number of women artists with strong voices who partici-pated. At the same time, I was acutely aware of the hypocrisy of separating this pool of artists, who had for decades struggled to be visible, into “in” and “out” groups. Ultimately though, 125 photographs had to be selected. I hope the viewer has at least one encounter with a fresh new way of seeing (as) a woman.

Mpls Photo Center 2400 North Second Street Minneapolis, Minnesota 55411 612.643.3511 www.MplsPhotoCenter.com

Photo: Orin Rutchick

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Jenn Ackerman, Exposed: BettyMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Pigment Print 4 x 5 negative, 36 x 30

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Jenn Ackerman, Chasing the CrownMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Pigment Print, 22 x 26

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Shanna Allyn, Plain CheeseburgerMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Pigment Print, 12 x 16

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Amy Anderson, Corrine and TabbyMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Pigment Print, 20 x 20

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Aznivik Andonyan, The Lady with the DoggieRostov-on-don, Russia

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Peggy Arado, Strong and BeatuifulChesapeake, VirginiaArchival Inkjet Print, 16 x 20

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Ellen Arden, ConvergenceGrand Rapids, MichiganSilver Gelatin Print, 11 x 14

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Felicia BatzloffUntitled #8-12 of 13, Twelve Hour ProjectPensacola, FloridaArchival Inkjet Print, 18 x 24

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Lindsey Beal, “Figure #14” From the Venus SeriesIowa City, IowaAmbrotype, 11 x 14

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Iggy Beerbower, Whale RockLong Island Sound Series (Honorable Mention)Minneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 16 x 20

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Carla Berger, Split PersonalityNew York, New YorkArchival Inkjet Print, 20 x 24

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Kim Boatman, Evelina, homelessRosemount, MinnesotaC-Print, 20 x 16

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Lemia Monet Bodden, Junior and Carol Ridgewood, New YorkArchival Inkjet Print, 18 x 24

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Val BourassaMomma- Grahamstown-South AfricaMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 18x24

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Mariana Bartolomeo Brooks, Widow VTucson, ArizonaArchival Inkjet Print, 15 x 15

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Sandra Garrido Campos, Benita and Teresita (Galicia, Spain)(Honorable Mention)Lausanne, SwitzerlandArchival Inkjet Print, 15.75 x 15.75

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Patty Carrol, FishyChicago, IllinoisArchival Inkjet Print, 30 x 40

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Liah Chesnokov, Cat Queen (Third Place)Tel Aviv, IsraelArchival Inkjet Print, 20 x 20

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Liah Chesnokov, Self 2Tel Aviv, IsraelArchival Inkjet Print, 20 x 20

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Elizabeth Claffey, HomeDenton, TexasArchival Inkjet Print, 24 x 36

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Laura CrosbyDying To Be Thin On a 9 Inch CookbookMinneapolis, MinnesotaSilver Gelatin Print, 27 x 21

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Laura Crosby, Time Take: RosalindMinneapolis, MinnesotaSilver Gelatin Print, 34 x 34

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Maria de la IglesiaLady Ana in her Favorite PlaceMadrid, Spain

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Maria de la Iglesia, FriendsMadrid, Spain

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Laëtitia Donval, Nerves (psychiatry) #2, 2010 Plounevez Moedec, FranceArchival Inkjet Print, 12.6 x 12.6

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Natalia Englehardt, MarinaNew York, New York

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Natalia Englehardt, OlyaNew York, New York

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Rachel Eodice, Childhood DreamsNorristown, PennsylvaniaArchival Inkjet Print, 12 x 16

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Shelia Farrell, Ka Youa and Her SistersMinneapolis, MinnesotaC-Print, 29 x 29

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Risë Ferster, Laminectomy L 4/5Minnetrista, MinnesotaSilver Gelatin Print, 20 x 24

34Risë Ferster, Swim for Fitness (First Place)Minnetrista, MinnesotaSilver Gelatin Print, 20 x 24

35Tracy Filipek, Kar Grand Rapids, MichiganArchival Inkjet Print, 18 x 24

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Mandy German, UntitledApple Valley, MinnesotaPolaroid, 12 x 12

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Stephanie Glaros, Jezebel (Orange)Minneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 16 x 20

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Debra Fisher GoldsteinWatching The RainbowMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 22 x 28

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Bette Globus Goodman, “Kirsten”Minneapolis, MinnesotaSilver Gelatin Selenium Toned Print, 18.5 x 22

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Marina Gorobevskaya, Wheat HarvestAlmaty, KazakhstanArchival Inkjet Print, 22 x 16.5

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Marina Gorobevskaya, LookAlmaty, KazakhstanArchival Inkjet Print, 22 x 16.5

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Katia Gosselin, Sans TitreMontreal, QuebecArchival Inkjet Print

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Sara Paige Green, UntitledFrom the Series Woman as ObjectSaint Paul, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 17 x 23

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Martha Grenon, Big Pipes in the Late AfternoonAustin, TexasArchival Inkjet Print, 16 x 20

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Marium Gul, HopeCambridge, MassachusettsArchival Inkjet Print, 12 x 16

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Andrea HoelscherUntitled #10 from Little Women SeriesFerdinand, IndianaC-Print, 24 x 30

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Nicole Houff, Barbie ChristmasMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 22 x 30

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Eliesa Johnson, UntitledMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 20 x 20

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Nancy G Johnson, Sisters, 2010Roseville, MinnesotaSilver Gelatin Print, 16 x 20

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Hester Jones, Keep Still(from the series Call Yourself a Mother 2009)London, United KingdomArchival Inkjet Print, 35 x 25

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Hester Jones, Stop Now(from the series Call Yourself a Mother 2009)London, United KingdomArchival Inkjet Print, 35 x 25

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Ethel Kambourian, Pursuing What is DesirableNew York, New YorkArchival Inkjet Print, 24 x 30

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Leigh Kane, Bye Bye, Bernice(a granddaughter’s & great –granddaughter’s farewell)Kutztown, PennsylvaniaArchival Inkjet Print, 18 x 22

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Véronique Khammisouk, AudeVanves, FranceArchival Inkjet Print, 21 x 17

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Véronique Khammisouk, Perdre son TempsVanves, FranceArchival Inkjet Print, 21 x 17

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Heather Kraft, Liseli and SpaceSt. Louis Park, MinnesotaSilver Gelatin Print, 24 x 28

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Claire Krueger Marley and Sean, New Years 2010Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaArchival Inkjet Print, 16 x 20

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Claire Krueger, UntitledPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaArchival Inkjet Print, 16 x 20

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Bouky Labhard, My NatureMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 31 x 30

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Andrea Land, ElizabethSt. Louis, MissouriC-Print, 22 x 28

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Sarah-Marie Land, LilleySt. Louis, MissouriArchival Digital print, 20 x 16

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Federica Landi, The Theatre of SleepLondon, United KingdomArchival Inkjet Print, 21 x 15.5

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Sheila Langer, Mother’s HandsPlymouth, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 16 x 20

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Kathy P. Leistner, “First Daughter”East Rockaway, New YorkArchival Inkjet Print, 32 x 32

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Anita Licis-Ribak, Railija and Runka Amherst, MassachusettsArchival Inkjet Print, 12 x 16

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Gudrun Lock, AshesMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 18 x 23

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Gudrun Lock, LaundryMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 18 x 23

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Adele MatternBlack Watch and the Severed HeadNorthampton, MassachusettsSilver Halide Print, 20 x 28

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Noelle McCleaf, GrowMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Pigment Print, 32 x 42

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Maggie MeinersBut for the Grace of GodWinnetka, IllinoisArchival Inkjet Print, 42 x 42

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Alexia MellorExtending the Friendly Skies (Lifebuoy) Taos, New MexicoArchival Inkjet Print, 18 x 24

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Sonia Melnikova-Raich, Red SweaterSan Fransico, California16 x 20

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Ann Arbor Miller, Like Mother, Like DaughterFargo, North DakotaArchival Inkjet Print, 16 x 20

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Alexa Miller, Glendale PrecisionBrooklyn, New YorkArchival Inkjet Print, 24 x 30

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Alexa Miller, Wall DrugBrooklyn, New YorkArchival Inkjet Print, 24 x 30

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Ilene Krug MojsilovConcrete Figure Shadow BathingMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 27 x 36

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Sarah Moore, FallPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaArchival Inkjet Print, 23 x 52

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Haley Morris-Cafiero, Self ControlCordova, TennesseeArchival Inkjet Print, 16 x 20

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Shea Naer, Jojean and JayLos Angeles, CaliforniaArchival Lambda Print, 20 x 21

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Barbra Nei, Across the Water: SummerMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 20 x 28

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Kate Nolan, NeitherCardiff, United KingdomArchival Inkjet Print, 20.5 x 20.5

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Kate Nolan, NeitherCardiff, United KingdomArchival Inkjet Print, 20.5 x 20.5

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Heather Oelklaus, Duck and CoverColorado Springs, ColoradoArchival Inkjet Print, 16 x 16

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Elise Ogden, PatientMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 16 x 20

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Hanna OlsonPunk House-10th AvenueMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 16 x 20

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Becky Olstad, Fernando GuerreroMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 31 x 24

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Megan Sue Otto, SecretGreenville, North CarolinaArchival Inkjet Print, 16 x 20

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Lindsay Paczkowski Elizabeth and BarbaraMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 16.25 x 21

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Jane Paradise, Norma Out and AboutSan Francisco, CaliforniaArchival Inkjet Print, 18 x 24

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Tammi Joy ParsonsHIV-AIDS Both Sides of the ThresholdKandiyohi, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 18 x 24

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Ashley Rick Quinn, Confrontation Minneapolis, MinnesotaC- Print, 16 x 20

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Elli Rader, Mother’s DressMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet on Metallic Paper, 27.5 x 19.5

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Annette Schreyer, My Mirror (Benedetta and Aurora)Munich, GermanyArchival Inkjet Print, 22 x 27

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Rebecca Sell, FETAthens, OhioArchival Inkjet Print, 16 x 20

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Rebecca Sell, Haircut (Second Place)Athens, OhioArchival Inkjet Print, 16 x 20

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Renata Sifrar, UntitledAmsterdam, NetherlandsArchival Inkjet Print, 12 x 16

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Shelby Silvernell, SpecterChicago, IllinoisArchival Inkjet Print, 12 x 16

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Hyun Ji Sim, Seo-YeonChicago, IllinoisArchival Inkjet Print, 29.5 x 19.5

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Heather Sizemore, ImaginePhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaArchival Inkjet Print, 18 x 24

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Ellen Fitzgerald Skoro, Portia, BeachMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 24 x 24

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Margalit Slovin, Woman from Tashi JongArlington, TexasArchival Inkjet Print, 12 x 16

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MK Smith, Sister LoveMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 12 x 16

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Tabitha Soren, I’ll Be Your Bird, 2008Berkeley, CaliforniaChromogenic Print, 30 x 30

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Sandra Steinbrecher, Educator Series: Kenyatta Stansberry, Principal Harper High SchoolChicago, IllinoisSelenium Toned Silver Gelatin Print, 16 x 20

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Sher Stoneman, Ariel and Grandma, 2009St. Paul, MinnesotaC-Print, 16 x 16

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Joanne Thompson, TouristsBloomington, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 20 x 24

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Joanne Thompson, WallflowerBloomington, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 20 x 24

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Carrie ThompsonI Wish I Could Have You BackMinneapolis, MinnesotaArchival Inkjet Print, 18 x 24

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Debra Jean Trejo, Never AgainStanchfield, MinnesotaMuseo Silver Rag Archival Inkjet Print, 12 x 16

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Rachel Turner, Domestica (Honorable Mention)Maryville, TennesseeSilver-Halide Print, 16 x 20

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Rachel Turner, Letting GoMaryville, TennesseeSilver-Halide Print, 16 x 20

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Ventiko, AdmirationBrooklyn, New YorkArchival Inkjet Print, 12 x 16

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Cate Vermeland, Self Portrait: 1980/2010Farmington, MinnesotaSilver Gelatin Print, 18 x 20

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Heather von Bargen, ResilienceSpring Hill, FloridaAluminum, 24 x 16

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(Debra) Shepherd Weita, Angie II, 004Cleveland, OhioArchival Inkjet Print, 16 x 20

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Grace Weston, Laundry DayPortland, OregonArchival Inkjet Print, 17.5 x 24

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Janean Williams, Falling Red DressCopper Hill, VirginiaArchival Inkjet Print, 16 x 20

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Kelly Williams, Tanja, 2008Newark, New JerseyArchival Inkjet Print, 18 x 24

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Paula Winkler, Internet Encounter #12Berlin, GermanyArchival Inkjet Print, 24 x 30

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Tamsen Wojtanowski, Stupid FuckPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaArchival Inkjet Print, 29 x 21.5

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Mara Zaslove, NettedSanta Monica, CaliforniaArchival Inkjet Print, 22 x 16

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ABOUT THE MPLS PHOTO CENTER Located in the North Minneapolis Warehouse District, the Mpls Photo Cen-ter is where photo professionals and enthusiasts alike come together to work and learn, to discover and experience, to create, exhibit and become members of this unique community dedicated to photography and all its media and processes.

From our state-of-the-art digital lab, studio bays and spacious darkrooms to our member exhibition spaces and renowned Artist Talks. The Center offers a complete educational program of classes and workshops designed for all ages and covering all aspects of photography, Mpls Photo Center is here to chal-lenge, encourage and inspire the photographer in all of us.

The Center was created and exists to foster community and enrichment op-portunities among local, regional, national and international photographers, including both amateurs and professionals. The Mpls Photo Center provides dedicated spaces - physical as well as online - to our members for use in their individual photographic pursuits, as well as in our shared desire to preserve, reinvigorate and enjoy traditional forms of photography while embracing technologies of the future in support of creativity and lifelong learning.

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