Photography has engaged me most of my life, and it remains ...



ANNIE TIBERIO CAMERON, Fine Art Photographer

Biographical Information:

A lifelong photographer, Annie’s professional training was in environment education, earning a B.S. from the University of Massachusetts in 1973, followed by many years of public school classroom teaching and coordinating educational programs for Massachusetts Audubon Society. Photography has played a major role throughout her life and career. Her fine art photography has been displayed in galleries and museums all over the country, received awards, and have been published in numerous calendars, magazines, newspapers, and other publications, including two editions of a top-selling Sierra Club Book entitled: Mother Earch – Through the Eyes of Women Photographer and Writers, as well as its accompanying postcard book. She also tours to elementary schools an educational slide show that teaches about America: “Death Valley, Okefenokee, and Beyond,” a narrative retrospective of her 15 years of solo wilderness camping trips which enabled her to do her photography in solitude. She also tours a second show suitable for all audiences, “Come With Me to Tanzania” about a shared trip with her daughter who lives and works in Tanzania, East Africa.

Narrative:

“Photography has engaged me most of my life, and it remains a passion to this day. There are two marks on my personal timeline which have advanced my work more than anything else. The first is that for over half my entire life I have taught photography, and second is my reluctant conversion to shooting with a digital camera. These two aspects of my development have significantly impacted my skill set and the evolution of my personal style.

Although I did not pursue the study of photography formally and do not possess an art degree, I teach photography at the University of Massachusetts - a testament to my knowledge base and ability to articulate photographic concepts to students. My teaching began in 1979 and over the years I learned to distill the concepts in digestible ways for my students, all while building my own skills with my cameras and lenses. The end result is I have learned to create beautiful images by design, not happenstance.

In the late 1990’s, it was clear to me that digital photography would surpass film. In order to remain relevant, it behooved me to study digital concepts and learn how to transfer this knowledge to my students in ways they could understand. When I became sufficiently skilled with a digital camera and able to teach in this new world, I discovered in myself a new photographer: less confined, able to stretch and experiment more than I ever did with film.

I have never confused digital photography with digital artistry, which is indeed a separate, legitimate artform. The work I create with a digital camera does not rely on digital manipulations to construct a fine piece of art, but more on intimate knowledge of my equipment and the light on my subjects. My images are created in-camera and my understanding of what happens as the shutter clicks is what paints my image on the image sensor.”

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