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Bio
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An exhibiting photographer for over thirty-five years, Diana has received numerous awards for her images, including a 1985 New Jersey State Visual Arts Fellowship, and five Regional Artist Grants from the United Arts Council of Raleigh, North Carolina. Most recently she was also awarded a Professional Development Grant (previously Regional Artist Project Grant), from the United Arts Council of Raleigh, for 2020. She was named a Critical Mass Finalist in 2014, 2018, and, most recently, in 2019.
Specializing in 19th century printing techniques, Diana's images have been included in a number of books, including Pinhole Photography: Rediscovering a Historic Technique (2004), by Eric Renner; Robert Hirsch's Exploring Color Photography Fifth & Sixth Editions: From Film to Pixels (2011; 2015); in Jill Enfield's Guide to Photographic Alternative Processes: Popular Historical and Contemporary Techniques; in Christopher James' The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes (2015); and, most recently, in #NoFilter, by Natalia Price-Cabrera, published in May 2019.
She is a featured artist in Christina Z.Anderson's Gum Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual, Highlighting Artists and their Creative Practice (2017); and in Clay Harmon’s Polymer Photogravure: A Step-by-Step Manual, Highlighting Artists & their Creative Practice (2019).
Her photographs have been featured in the Pinhole Journal; TheWorld Journal of Post-Factory Photography; Chinese Photography; Shadow & Light (including front cover image); Dodho Photography Magazine, and Silvershotz (including front cover image). Her images have been included in The Sun Magazine (including front cover image) ; The HAND Magazine; and the North Carolina Literary Review.
As an independent curator, Diana has organized and curated several pinhole and alternative process exhibitions, including “Pure Light: Southern Pinhole Photography,” shown at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), in Winston-Salem, NC in 2004. And the exhibit,“Old is New Again: Alternative Processes,” which was originally shown at the Green Hill Center for NC Art, in Greensboro, NC, was invited for exhibition at the 2004 Pingyao International Photography Festival, in Pingyao, China. She was also an invited artist to the first Qinghai International Photography Festival, in Xining, China, where she exhibited in the summer of 2006.
Her art is in a number of public and private collections, including the Norton Museum of Art, located in West Palm Beach, Florida;The Fine Art Program and Collection at Montefiore Einstein, in Bronx, New York; New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors, located in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and North Carolina State University's Gregg Museum of Art & Design, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
A native North Carolinian, Diana lives and works in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she received her MA in English Literature and Creative Writing from North Carolina State University. She teaches workshops throughout the country, and in her beautiful backyard studio.
Diana is represented by the Ryan Gallery at Art Intersection, located in Gilbert,Arizona, and photo-eye Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Awards
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2019
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Critical Mass, Top 200 Finalist,
Photolucida, Portland, OR
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2016
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Regional Artist Project Grant,
United Arts of Raleigh & Wake County, Inc.
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2007
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Regional Artist Project Grant,
United Arts of Raleigh & Wake County, Inc.
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2004
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Regional Artist Project Grant,
United Arts of Raleigh & Wake County, Inc.
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2001
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Regional Artist Project Grant,
United Arts of Raleigh & Wake County, Inc.
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1998
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Regional Artist Project Grant,
United Arts of Raleigh & Wake County, Inc.
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1986
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Visual Art Fellowship in Photography?,
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
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Solo Exhibitions
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2018
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Slow Exposures 2018,
Pop-up Exhibit,
Zebulon, Georgia
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2018
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Selected Images from The Old Garden,
A. Smith Gallery,
Johnson City, Texas
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2016
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Slow Exposures 2016,
Pop-up Exhibit,
Zebulon, Georgia
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2014
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Altered Narratives,
George School, Class of 1956 Gallery, Anderson Library,
Newtown, Pennsylvania
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2013
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Vignettes,
The Kiernan Gallery,
Lexington, Virginia
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2012
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Views from the Middle Kingdom,
Cary Town Hall,
Cary NC
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2011
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Visual Vignettes,
Tilt Gallery,
Scottsdale, Arizona
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2011
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Tickets to Dreamland,
Red Hat WorldWide Headquarters,
Raleigh NC
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2010
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Recent Work, Solo Show, Victor E. Bell Visiting Artist,
Ravenscoft Gallery,
Raleigh, NC
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2004
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Pinhole Images,
McHenry County College Art Galleries,
Crystal Lake, Illinois
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2004
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Landscapes: Through the Pinhole,
Theatre Art Galleries,
High Point, NC
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2004
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Pinhole Images,
Durham Art Guild,
Durham, NC
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Group Exhibitions
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2019
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Alternative Processes Exhibition, Juried by Christopher James, Honorable Mention,
exas Photographic Society, The Arts ry, College,,
Plano, Texas
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2019
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Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist,
Photolucida,
Portland, Oregon
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2019
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Light Sensitive: Celebrating Images from the Darkroom, Juried by Christopher James, First Place,
Art Intersection,
Gilbert, AZ
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2019
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Out of the Box: Camera-less Photography,
The Norton Museum of Art,
West Palm Beach, Florida
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2019
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Playing with Process: Contemporary Photographic Art, Invitational, Curated by Karen Hymer,
Light Art Space,
Silver City, New Mexico
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2019
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Summer Blues: Invitational, Curated by Hamilton Ward,
GoodYear Arts,
Charlotte, NC
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2019
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Members’ Juried Exhibition, Juried by Connie & Jerry Rosenthal, Rfotofolio,
Center for Photographic Arts,
Carmel, CA
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2018
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Recollections, Two-person exhibit (with S. Taylor Kydd), Curated by Kat Kiernan,
Panopticon Gallery,
Boston, MA
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2018
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Rfotofolio: Depth of Field Biennial Invitational,
Center for Photographic Art,
Carmel, CA
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2018
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NC Artists Exhibition, Curated by Jennifer Dasal, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, NCMA,
Raleigh Fine Arts Society,
Raleigh NC
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2017
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Alchemists: Diana H. Bloomfield and Amy Friend,
Panopticon Gallery,
Boston, MA
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2017
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Re)view: At Home and Nearby (Invitational, with Ernesto Esquer and Katy Tuttle),
Art Intersection, Ryan Gallery,
Gilbert, AZ
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2017
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Slow Exposures 2017, Juried by Arnika Dawkins and John Wall,
Main Show, Stricklands,
Zebulon, Georgia
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2017
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Poetics of Light,
National Science and Media Museum,
Bradford, England
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2017
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Light Sensitive 2017 - Celebrating Images from the Darkroom,
Art Intersection,
Gilbert, AZ
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2017
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Tenth Photographic Image Biennial,
Wellington B. Gray Gallery,
East Carolina University, Greenville NC
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At Sea,
Panopticon Gallery,
Boston, MA
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Collections
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The Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
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The Fine Art Program & Collection at Montefiore Einstein, Bronx, NY
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New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, NM
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Hugh P. Morton Collection, Ravenscroft School, Raleigh, NC
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The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
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Credit Suisse, Research Triangle Park, NC
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Bald Head Island Club, Bald Head Island, NC
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Cicada Collection, Raleigh, NC
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McHenry County College, Permanent Collection, Crystal Lake, IL
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Raleigh City Museum, Raleigh, NM
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Pinhole Resource, San Lorenzo, NM
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Rocky Mount Art Center, Rocky Mount, NC
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North Carolina State University, Gregg Museum, Raleigh, NC
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NC State Department of Agriculture, Raleigh, NM
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Bibliography
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Cyanotype: The BluePrint in Contemporary Practice.
Christina Z. Anderson. 2019
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Polymer Photogravure: A Step-by-Step Manual, Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice.
by Clay Harmon. 2019
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#No Filter: Get Creative with Photography.
Natalie Price-Cabrera. Laurence King Publishers, 2019
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Gum Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual, Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice.
Christina Z. Anderson. 2017
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The Book of Alternative Processes (third edition).
Christopher James. 2015
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ill Enfield’s Guide to Photographic Alternative Processes: Popular Historical and Contemporary Techniques.
2013
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Education
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North Carolina State University, B.A. English Literature
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North Carolina State University, M.A. English Literature & Creative Writing
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