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Katarina Fagerstrom Levring
Katarina Fagerstrom Levring is a Fine Art photographer. Art, and later photography, has been an interest since her childhood. During many years water media were her main focus until digital photography, and the Lensbaby Composer entered her world. Today experimental, abstract, and close-up photography of flowers is her passion.
She uses different flowers as energizing sources of forms and colors through which she creates her unique art. She finds that abstracting the subject is an exciting way to create her vision. To quote Georgia O´Keeffe, ‘Art is not what you see, but what you make others see’.
Her work is a result of sensitive and highly intuitive experiments with light and/or motion, with the tools she uses. She works mainly in her studio in the solitude she needs to be able to enter the contemplative state of mind, her work - as well as her life with a Bipolar 1 Disorder - relies upon.
Photo Impressionism is the style which her work most resembles. There is one exception though, she does not use any post-production to enhance or edit her images, with the exception from necessary cropping or resizing. The images are what they are from the moment. she has closed the shutter.
Her favorite tools today are the Canon 5D Mark II digital camera with the Lensbaby Composer and selected optics and macro filters. The artist lives and works from her studio at home in Kungsbacka, Sweden.
The artist is married to a "wonderful guy" who supports her career as well as her struggles with her Bipolar 1 Disorder. The couple also have a dog called Eddie.
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Awards
2011
Photographers Forum, 31st Annual Spring Photography Contest,
Finalist
August
International Photography Awards 2011:
Six Honorable Mentions in four different categories.
June
Prix De La Photography Paris; Non-Professional; Finalist, 6 images nominated to the Official Selection Winner category.
2010
August
Photography Awards 2010: Amateur, One Honorable Mention.
July
Upstreampeoplegallery.com:10th Annual Summer All Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition, 5/5 accepted, 2 Honorable Mention awards.
June
Prix De La Photography Paris;Non-Professional; Nature/Flowers. First price.
Prix De La Photography Paris;Non-Professional; Nature Flowers. Honorable Mention
January
Upstreampeoplegallery.com: 12th Annual All Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition, Finalist, 5/5 images accepted, Special recognition for one image.
Exhibitions
Upcoming exhibitions:
2012
April 10th -23d 2012
I will show my work in a group exhibit at [link URL= http://www.thebricklanegallery.com/] the Brick Lane Gallery [/link] in London.
2010-2011
November 4th - 30 th, 2011 Group show at Marzi Art Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
September 1 2010 -31 August 2011, Upstreampeoplegallery.com: 12th Annual Photographic Processes Juried Online International Art Exhibition.
August 1 2010 -31 2011, Upstreampeoplegallery.com: 10th Annual Summer All Media Juried Online International Art Contest.
April 7-June 8, Still Point Art Gallery (online): Still Point II.
January 1- Mars 30, Infinityartgallery: Winter Expo 2010.
January 1 2010- December 30 2011; Upstreampeoplegallery.com: 12th Annual All Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition.
Publications
2012
International Masters of Photography, Volume 1 by publisher World Wide Art Books, late in the Fall 2012.
2011
Photographers Forum, 31st Annual Spring Photography Contest, Best of Photography 2011. Release Date: December 2011
Inspiration Speaks, Vol. 1, by authors ArtPlatform & Jessica Kristie, published by Winter Goose Publishing, 2011
Who's Who in Visual Art, 100 Fine Art Photographers, Vol 2011-2012
2010
Annual PX3 Book No. 04, 2010
She uses different flowers as energizing sources of forms and colors through which she creates her unique art. She finds that abstracting the subject is an exciting way to create her vision. To quote Georgia O´Keeffe, ‘Art is not what you see, but what you make others see’.
Her work is a result of sensitive and highly intuitive experiments with light and/or motion, with the tools she uses. She works mainly in her studio in the solitude she needs to be able to enter the contemplative state of mind, her work - as well as her life with a Bipolar 1 Disorder - relies upon.
Photo Impressionism is the style which her work most resembles. There is one exception though, she does not use any post-production to enhance or edit her images, with the exception from necessary cropping or resizing. The images are what they are from the moment. she has closed the shutter.
Her favorite tools today are the Canon 5D Mark II digital camera with the Lensbaby Composer and selected optics and macro filters. The artist lives and works from her studio at home in Kungsbacka, Sweden.
The artist is married to a "wonderful guy" who supports her career as well as her struggles with her Bipolar 1 Disorder. The couple also have a dog called Eddie.
Contact the Artist
Awards
2011
Photographers Forum, 31st Annual Spring Photography Contest,
Finalist
August
International Photography Awards 2011:
Six Honorable Mentions in four different categories.
June
Prix De La Photography Paris; Non-Professional; Finalist, 6 images nominated to the Official Selection Winner category.
2010
August
Photography Awards 2010: Amateur, One Honorable Mention.
July
Upstreampeoplegallery.com:10th Annual Summer All Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition, 5/5 accepted, 2 Honorable Mention awards.
June
Prix De La Photography Paris;Non-Professional; Nature/Flowers. First price.
Prix De La Photography Paris;Non-Professional; Nature Flowers. Honorable Mention
January
Upstreampeoplegallery.com: 12th Annual All Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition, Finalist, 5/5 images accepted, Special recognition for one image.
Exhibitions
Upcoming exhibitions:
2012
April 10th -23d 2012
I will show my work in a group exhibit at [link URL= http://www.thebricklanegallery.com/] the Brick Lane Gallery [/link] in London.
2010-2011
November 4th - 30 th, 2011 Group show at Marzi Art Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
September 1 2010 -31 August 2011, Upstreampeoplegallery.com: 12th Annual Photographic Processes Juried Online International Art Exhibition.
August 1 2010 -31 2011, Upstreampeoplegallery.com: 10th Annual Summer All Media Juried Online International Art Contest.
April 7-June 8, Still Point Art Gallery (online): Still Point II.
January 1- Mars 30, Infinityartgallery: Winter Expo 2010.
January 1 2010- December 30 2011; Upstreampeoplegallery.com: 12th Annual All Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition.
Publications
2012
International Masters of Photography, Volume 1 by publisher World Wide Art Books, late in the Fall 2012.
2011
Photographers Forum, 31st Annual Spring Photography Contest, Best of Photography 2011. Release Date: December 2011
Inspiration Speaks, Vol. 1, by authors ArtPlatform & Jessica Kristie, published by Winter Goose Publishing, 2011
Who's Who in Visual Art, 100 Fine Art Photographers, Vol 2011-2012
2010
Annual PX3 Book No. 04, 2010