MARY WOODMAN – Elegant finesse
When Mary Woodman, of Kennebunkport, made the commitment to become a full-time photographer, she went right to the top – she called Paul Caponigro to ask if she could study with him and use him as her mentor. You don’t ask, you don’t get. Mary got. That was 1999.
Mary’s worked hard and in the last couple of years it has paid off with numerous shows and exhibits. Her work has been selected twice (2007 and 2008 ) as a winner of Black & White Magazine’s Single Image Contest. Here is the 2008 winner:
Pear © 2007 Mary Woodman
Woodman sure has some unique digital darkroom techniques. She excels with her flowerspheres – I can’t get enough of them. Floating, but not at all tentative, portraits of individual blooms or a same-flower bunch, these are simply gorgeous images to look at over and over.
Flowersphere #31©Mary Woodman
To see more, visit Woodman’s website. I’ve seen some of her winter images that aren’t yet posted and this is one photographer to watch.
