The Art of Photography Show Presents an Evening with UK Photographer Natalie Dyb

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The Art of Photography Show Presents an Evening with UK Photographer Natalie Dyb
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San Diego, CA, October 22, 2010 -- The Art of Photography Show presents acclaime
d UK Photographer Natalie Dybisz, a self-taught award-winning photographer whose
passion began with creating high-impact, often surreal self-portraits as â Miss Anie
laâ , her alter ego and the subject of her self-portraiture. First noticed through th
e internet (Miss Aniela currently has five and a half million views on Flickr),
her work now sells as limited-edition fine art and is exhibited worldwide. Her f
irst commercial book will be published in 2011.
In her talk, Miss Aniela will be speaking about the various factors that interse
ct through the modern circumstances in which her work exists: the role that the
internet, the digital age, her gender, and her repeated use of self-portraiture
have played in the popularity of her images. Miss Aniela also discusses the plac
e of 'meaning' and criticism in art, how the internet and the digital age have r
eshaped the roles of artist and gallery, and shifted notions of 'fine art' and '
commercial' in the contemporary photography scene as we know it.
When: Thursday, October 28th at 6:00 pm
Where: Lyceum Theatre Gallery, in Horton Plaza, Gaslamp Quarter of downtown San
Diego
Cost: Free
Miss Aniela's self-portraiture began with spontaneous impulses to shoot portrait
s 'starring' herself with improvised lighting and simple set-ups. Her work has b
een compared to the work of Francesca Woodman and Sam Taylor-Wood, and the compa
risons to Cindy Sherman are also obvious. However, Miss Aniela constantly seeks
to explore and remix her multifarious inspirations to contextualise herself into
different imagined narratives, intended as both personal and universal. She tak
es her inspiration from a variety of sources: from dreams and childhood, to lite
rature and Dutch paintings.
The work she will be presenting: Her 'Self-Gazing' series uniquely brings togeth
er self-portraits from various series of the artist's five years of work. A numb
er of the images are related to Miss Aniela's 'Tricks' series (The Smothering, S
prung, The Adrenalin), looking at the neurotic behaviour and symptoms of instabi
lity concerned with the anxiety syndrome. The series 'Multiplicity' (Their Eveni
ng Banter, They Gathered to See) are composited 'group shots' made up purely of
the photographer herself - challenging the conventional relationship between 'lo
oker' and 'looked-at'.
'The Smothering' is currently exhibited in the Art of Photography Show, chosen f
rom nearly 14,000 entries by Natasha Egan, the Curator at the Museum of Contempo
rary Photography in Chicago.
About the Art of Photography Show
The mission is to provide a truly "artist oriented" show and to create a world-c
lass presentation of photographic art. This is the sixth year of this annual pho
tographic exhibition, featuring 111 images selected out of nearly 14,000 submiss
ions from 67 countries by acclaimed judge Natasha Egan, the Associate Director a
nd Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago. The Lyceum Thea
tre Gallery is located in San Diego's historic Gaslamp Quarter and is open and f
ree to the public seven days a week. Gallery hours are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. M
onday through Friday, and noon to 6:00 p.m. on the weekends. For more informatio
n about the exhibition, please visit www.artofphotographyshow.com
Directions to the Lyceum Theatre Gallery: www.artofphotographyshow.com/lyceum.ht
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Parking: Park at the Horton Plaza parking structure and receive a 3 hour validat
ion.
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