Photography/Printmaking

Works in Gum Bichromate

These depopulated landscapes are layered in veils of color in an effort to portray the translucent quality of our surroundings. The chosen process of an initial layer of cyanotype and subsequent layers of gum bichromate, allows for the colors to emerge from beneath, and reveal hidden details not first seen by the eye. The intentional lack of human figures serves to strip the viewer of themselves and forces them to see light and texture with an ethereal quality. This exploration of landscape and light is an ongoing series about the relationship of my journey of reflection and solitude in nature, and the non silver process.

Works in Platinum / Palladium

This series begins to introduce the human hand, with a constructed hut, locomotion, a dwelling and people. Intentionally produced in a single layer process of platinum/palladium, there are no veils of color but rather a rich tonal quality achieved by the smoothness and richness of this process.

These images, as well as those produced in gum bichromate, are captured with pinhole and holga cameras, allowing me to experience their uncertain and inexact nature. From there my experience is about the process of rendering them in a non silver process that conveys my vision, and solitude of the long hours it takes to produce one piece.

People

The human figure and water have long been a fascination for me. As an artist working in gum bichromate, the fluid quality of a body in water is an obvious subject for the unpredictable process of gum bichromate. The light layers of pigment that are brushed on the paper before the exposure is made, mimic the weightlessness of floating in water.

Contact Information

6904 Henley Street
Philadelphia, PA 19119
tel: 215-209-9100
e-mail:
www.lauriebeckphotography.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Bio

After 2 years at Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, NY, as an in house corporate photographer, Laurie moved to Philadelphia and formed Laurie Peterson Photography. For the past 24 years she has been photographing people on location, for corporate clients as well as a host of private clients, in and around Philadelphia. In addition to her corporate work, Laurie works in the non-silver photographic processes of Gum Bichromate and Palladium. She is a teaching assistant at University of The Arts in non-silver and holds workshops in alternative processes.

Laurie’s corporate client list includes Sports Illustrated, People Magazines, The Wellness Community, Living Beyond Breast Cancer, Cigna, American Federation of Teachers, Smith Kline Glaxo, The William Penn Foundation, Syracuse University Alumni Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Temple University, Abington Memorial Hospital, Bailey Design Group, The Maters Group, numerous writers and musicians, and film stills. She has been a speaker at The Women in Photojournalism Conference, commencement speaker at The Art Institute of Philadelphia and juror of corporate photo competitions around Philadelphia.

Exhibitions of Laurie’s non silver work have been held at Soho Photo and Umbrella Arts in New York City, Viewpoint Gallery in Sacramento California, Trenton City Museum – Ellarslie Museum in New Jersey, Wired Gallery in Bethlehem Pennsylvania, The Plastics Club, Allens Lane Arts Center, Infusion and High Point in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

Education

2004-2005
University of The Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Advance Non-silver Photography

1980-1984
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
BFA, Photography

Professional Experience

1984-present
Laurie Beck Photography, Rochester, NY & Philadelphia, PA

2005-present
Teaching Assistant, University of The Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Board of Directors, First Person Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1994-1998
Juror, SMS corporate juried photo competitions, Philadelphia, PA

1986-1987
Sales Representative, Deborah Wolfe Ltd., Philadelphia, PA

1985-1986
In-house Photographer, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY

Photography Instructor, Community Darkroom, Rochester, NY

1984-1986
Custom Photographic Laboratory Technician, Campos Photography Center, Rochester, NY

1984-1985
Artist in Residence, Aesthetic Education Institute, Rochester, NY

Educator Training Instructor, Aesthetic Education Institute, Rochester, NY

Honors and Awards

2007
Peoples Choice Award, Soho Photo, New York, NY

1994
Addy Award, Philadelphia Inquirer Ad Campaign,
Philadelphia, PA

Lectures and Talks

2002
Commencement speaker, The Art Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

1998
Speaker, The Women in Photojournalism Conference, Baltimore, MD

Publications

1985
Rochester Community Savings Bank Annual Calendar, Rochester, NY

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2009
Recent works in non-silver, High Point, Philadelphia, PA

2008
Recent Works in Gum Bichromate, High Point, Philadelphia, PA

2007
Places, High Point, Philadelphia, PA

Two-Person

2007
Urban Landscapes & Portraits with Eugene Martin, Infusion Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2006
Two Photographers, Infusion Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Group

2009
Bed, Umbrella Arts, New York, NY
Jurior: Harvey Stein

Ellarslie Open XXVII, The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ

2008
Ellarslie Open XXVI, The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ

Various Artists: From the Sublime, Allens Lane Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA

2007
Picturing Communities, Penn Charter, Philadelphia, PA

UNDRESSED… Looking at Nudes, Umbrella Arts, New York, NY

The Subversive Lens, Wired Gallery, Bethlehem, PA

Krappy Kamera 2007, Soho Photo, New York, NY
People’s Choice Award

2006
Handcrafted, Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, Sacramento, CA

National Alternative Processes Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY

2005
Group show, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA

1986
Rochester Society of Communicating Arts Annual Competition, Rochester, NY
Honorable Mention

1985
Print Competition, Campos Photography Center, Rochester, NY
Best of Show; Honorable Mention

1984
Syracuse University London Show, Syracuse, NY
Best of Semester Abroad

Fine Arts Exhibition, Joe and Emily Lowe Gallery, Syracuse, NY

Other

2007
Work included as part of Jill Enfield presentation/workshop at PhotoPlus Expo