Artist: Diana Bloomfield | Location: Raleigh, NC
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Artist: Diana Bloomfield | Location: Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC
An exhibiting photographer for over thirty-five years, Diana Bloomfield has received numerous awards for her images, including a 1985 New Jersey State Visual Arts Fellowship, and five Regional Artist Grants from the United Arts Council of Raleigh, NC, most recently for 2015-16.
Specializing in 19th century printing techniques, Bloomfield's images have been included in a number of books, including “Pinhole Photography: Rediscovering a Historic Technique (3rd Edition),” by Eric Renner; “Robert Hirsch's Exploring Color Photography Fifth Edition: From Film to Pixels (2011);” Jill Enfield's “Guide to Photographic Alternative Processes: Popular Historical and Contemporary Techniques (2013);” Christopher James' “The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes (2015);” and most recently, in Christina Z. Anderson's “Gum Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual, Highlighting Artists and their Creative Practice (2017).”
Her work is in a number of public and private collections, including the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors, located in Santa Fe, NM, and North Carolina State University's Gregg Museum of Art & Design, in Raleigh, NC.
A native North Carolinian, Bloomfield currently lives and works in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she received her MA in English Literature and Creative Writing from North Carolina State University. She teaches workshops throughout the country, and in her beautiful backyard studio.