Chronology
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1969
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Born, California, USA
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1985
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A year in Paris, France as a foreign exchange student.
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1989
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Return to Paris for 1 1/2 years. Study bookbinding.
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1996
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Travel to Mexico to meet my father's family.
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1996
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Travel to London for my first commercial project, publicity portraits for the musical group
Dead Can Dance
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1997
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Move to El Rito, New Mexico to work with Walter Chappell. He initiates and encourages me in using the 8x10 view camera and teaches me printmaking.
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2002
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Travel to Southeast Asia with the 8x10 camera, visiting Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Burma.
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2004
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Commission for a
Labyrinth in Bolinas,
California.
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2005
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Return to Southeast Asia with 4x5 camera for three months.
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2007
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Departure from New Mexico, move to Berkeley, California.
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2008
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Re-opening of photography studio in the Annex of Grace North Church in Berkeley. Exhibit new work with open studios.
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2010
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Move to Vermont.
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2018
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Acquire a new studio in Lancaster, New Hampshire, and begin exploring wet-plate collodion photography and albumen printmaking.
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Awards
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2010
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The Julia Margaret Cameron Award, First Prize Abstract/Still Life
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Solo Exhibitions
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2014
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To Earth, From Heaven,
River Arts,
Morrisville, Vermont
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2013
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In An Other Light,
The Gallery at WREN,
Bethlehem, New Hampshire
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2012
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In An Other Light,
Quimby Gallery, Lyndon State College,
Lyndonville, Vermont
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2009
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Photographs of A Floating World,
The Annex, Grace North Church,
Berkeley, California
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2009
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A Bridge to a New Series,
Nan Phelps Photography,
Kensington, California
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2009
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Photographs of the Tree Peony and other selected works,
The Dream Institute of Northern California,
Berkeley, California
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2008
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Photographs of A Floating World,
NoneSuch Space,
Oakland, California
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2004
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The Portrait of a Lady,
Farley's Cafe,
San Francisco, California
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2003
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Passage,
Photo-Eye,
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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2001
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The Story of My Love,
Pure Land Gallery,
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Group Exhibitions
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2016
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Texture, Line, Color,
The Gallery at WREN,
Bethlehem, New Hampshire
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2015
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Playing with Beauty, curated by Mark Sink,
Redline,
Denver, Colorado
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2013
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Figuratively Speaking,
The Gallery at WREN,
Bethlehem, New Hampshire
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2013
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Theme: Feminin,
SEITIES Gallery,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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2013
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Small Works,
The Gallery at WREN,
Bethlehem, New Hampshire
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2010
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PhotoPlace Open, juried by Keith Carter,
Vermont Photography Workplace,
Middlebury, VT
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2010
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Self-Searching: The Art of Self-Portraiture,
Vermont Photography Workplace,
Middlebury, VT
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2010
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Floral,
Vermont Photography Workplace,
Middlebury, Vermont
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2007
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The Contact Printers Guild,
Gallery 422,
Phoenix, Arizona
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2007
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The Contact Printers Guild,
Viewpoint Photographic Center,
Sacramento, California
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2005
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Photographs of Water with Paintings by Fong Fai and Reiko Muranaga,
Ligne Roset,
San Francisco, California
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2002
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Photo-Eye,
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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2002
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Masterworks of Floral Photography,
Gallery Sink,
Denver, Colorado
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Bibliography
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In An Other Light.
Linda Elvira Piedra. View Camera, Corrales, 2013
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theme: Feminin.
Elvira Piedra. SEITIES, Calgary, 2013
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Black & White or Color?.
Linda Elvira Piedra. Grand Canyon Association, Flagstaff, 2006
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Hayden's Ferry Review, no. 38.
Linda Elvira Piedra. University of Arizona, Tempe, 2006
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Depth and Perception.
Michael More. Albuquerque Journal North, Albuquerque, 2003
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Water, stone, land--alive and moving.
Craig Smith. Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe, 2003
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Parting Shot.
Linda Elvira Piedra. Chronogram, New Paltz, 2003
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Photography as Personal Exploration.
Steve Simmons. View Camera, Corrales, 2002
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Piedra Sees into Hearts of Subjects.
Michael More. Santa Fe New Mexican, Albuquerque, 2002
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The Portraits of Linda Elvira Piedra.
Linda Elvira Piedra. View Camera, Sacramento, 1998
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The Photographer and the Diva.
Linda Elvira Piedra. Mondo 2000, Berkeley, 1997
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Education
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1987 - 1988
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Universiy of California, Santa Cruz, Art History, Film
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Studied with Marie-José Renaudie, Hervé Lemansec, and Pascale Gaîté
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1989 - 1990
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Le Centre des Arts du Livre, Bookbinding
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Studied with Gabrielle Althen
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1994 - 1997
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City College of San Francisco, Photography, Film
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Studied with Dennis Duggan, Polly Steinmetz, and Michael Kostler
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2018 - 2018
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Penumbra Foundation/Introduction to Albumen Printing, Albumen printmaking
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Studied with Morgan Post
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2018
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Camp Tintype ~ All Around Wet-Plate, glass plate negatives
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Studied with John Coffer
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Favorite Photography Books
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Carleton Watkins: The Art of Perception,
Carleton E. Watkins/Douglas R. Nickel
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Under the Sun,
Walter Chappell
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In Wildness is the Preservation of the World,
Eliot Porter,
(photo-eye Cat# SE005H)
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Favorite Technical Photography Books
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The Print,
Ansel Adams,
(photo-eye Cat# NY042S)
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