Innovative.
Creative. Inspirational. Images that transcend. All my photographs are metaphors
or inner landscapes of my internal vision as I view the world. Overall my signature
style tends to be concept-driven images that evoke a dynamic simplicity of design,
oftentimes with a layer of complexity that hovers behind the facade. My images
evoke an emotional connection through the use of light, gesture, and color. I
simply capture the spectacle, reveal the familiar, catch the unique, and convey
it to others.
Specialties include Abstract, Fine Art, Landscape, Urban
Street, Americana, and Environmental Portraiture.
Publications
& Awards
* Bronze Award winner; COLOR Magazine; Special Issue Single Image
Winners; 2012
* Merit Award winner; B&W-COLOR Magazine; Special Issue Portfolio
Winners; 2011
* Emerging Artist Gallery; Featured Photographer; FOCUS Magazine;
2011; Collector's Edition
* Merit Award winner; COLOR Magazine; Special Issue
Portfolio Winners; 2009-2010
* AmerIcona: Pedestrian and Eccentric Impressions
of the Great American Culture; 2009 (self published)
* Vibrations of the Soul;
handmade limited edition book art; 2008 (self publilshed)
* 1st place b/w;
Padzieski Gallery; 9th Annual Juried Photography Exhibit; 2004
* 2nd place
color; Lawrence Street Gallery; Exposures 03; 2003
Exhibitions
*
Janice Charach Gallery; 20th Anniversary Retrospective Show; West Bloomfield,
Michigan, 2011
* Janice Charach Gallery; solo exhibit - The 3R Environment;
West Bloomfield, Michigan, 2010
* Vermont Photo Workplace Gallery Juried Show;
Middlebury, Vermont; 2009
* Padzieski Gallery; 9th -12th Annual Juried Exhibit;
Dearborn, Michigan; 2004-2007
* Lawrence Street Gallery Juried Show; Ferndale,
Michigan 2003-2005
* The Scarab Club; Detroit, Michigan, 2003, 2005
WIPI
2012 Annual Honorable Mention
web:
www.joannescherf.com
blog:
http://www.joannescherf.blogspot.com
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(Joanne Scherf Photography page)
Email: joanne@joannescherf.com
phone:
(248) 544-9394