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About Beth Madison : Photography has been a passion since I can remember. I began as a black and white film photographer while I was still a teenager. I studied photography first in high school. That’s when I set up my first business, doing candid black & white children’s portraits. I developed and printed my work in a tiny darkroom in a basement bathroom, and delivered orders via bicycle. I studied photography further at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY, and later at ICP (International Center of Photography) in New York, NY. Professionally, I pursued my other passion, writing. I was a copywriter (N W Ayer, Inc.), marketing writer (AISG); I wrote poetry and fiction, but throughout it all, I was always a photographer as well. When the digital age was born, I returned to photography full-time. I combined my background in black-and-white film work with the creative possibilities of digital capture and post-processing. I enjoyed the control it allowed me over my work. Now photography has once again taken center stage in my life. I process and print all my work personally. I consider each print a work of art, and I put time, attention, care and an artist's eye into each one. For my fine art photography, perfect for home wall art or business/restaurant decor, see http://www.bethmadison.com/ A Sampling of Past Shows/Exhibits Silvermine Guild Arts Center New Canaan, CT 19th Annual Juried Competition July 26, 2009 to August 23, 2009 Photo: “Egg Study” Honorable Mention Award Stamford Art Association Stamford, CT “Far Away Places,” Juried Show July 26, 2009 to September 4, 2009 Photos: “When Fish Fly”; "River, Desert" Solo Show May 2 - May 31, 2009 “A Closer Look: Photography by Beth Madison” AFattahi's Fine Art Gallery Stamford, CT From the Press Release: Local Photographer Takes a “Closer Look” at Rural Stamford (Stamford, CT) Beth Madison, a local photographer and Stamford native, will present an exhibit, “A Closer Look,” at Fattahi's Fine Art Gallery in Stamford from May 2nd - 31st. Madison has lived in Stamford since age three. Drawn to the arts from an early age, she studied with resident artist Marthe Clamage and exhibited at Pink Tent festivals and other venues. She began taking courses in photography at Rippowam High School. As a teenager, she began her photographic career, doing informal portraits of neighborhood children, developing and printing from a makeshift darkroom in a basement bathroom. After studying photography and writing at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY, she moved to Manhattan, where she studied photography further at ICP (International Center of Photography) and pursued a career as an advertising copywriter, marketing writer and communications director. She moved back to Stamford sixteen years later. The daughter of a prominent local physician and U-Conn professor, she soon returned to photography. “After my mother passed away, I became more contemplative. I spent hours walking my dog in the woods, and ended up writing a book of poetry. Returning to the rural scenes of my childhood drew me right back into photography.” Madison’s work is a mixture of nature, animals, and abstract/modern/design images…. “I love finding unexpected beauty in the most mundane settings of everyday life,” she explains. “The natural world is my favorite studio. I grew up playing in the woods of North Stamford, and I'm still doing it.” Madison recently began offering her beautiful fine-art-inspired images as informal, candid portraits of children and pets. She brings her artist's eye to the world of portraiture.

About Beth Madison