“Portraits” includes image by CPAC board member Whitney Yeager
Oct 8th, 2009 by blogmaster
CPAC board member Whitney Yeager is one of 52 artists from seven countries whose photographs were selected for the Center for Fine Art Photography’s upcoming “Portraits” exhibition.
The public and artists’ reception will be held at the Center in Fort Collins, CO on November 6, 2009 from 6-9pm.
The images were selected by juror, Mary Ellen Mark. Mary Ellen Mark is a photographer known for her photojournalism, portraiture, and advertising photography. She has had 17 collections of her work published and has exhibited at galleries and museums worldwide. She has received numerous accolades, including three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. Additionally, Mark was awarded the Photographer of the Year Award from the Friends of Photography, three Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards, Matrix Award for outstanding woman in the field of film/photography, World Press Award for Outstanding Body of Work Throughout the Years, Victor Hasselblad Cover Award, and numerous other prestigious awards. Mark has published photo-essays and portraits in such publications as LIFE, New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. For over four decades, she has traveled extensively to make pictures that reflect a high degree of humanism. Today, she is recognized as one of our most respected and influential photographers.
“Portraits” will be on display in the Center’s online gallery and physical gallery from November 6 - November 28, 2009. The public and artists’ reception will be held in Fort Collins on November 6, 2009 from 6-9pm.