Born: 1947, 4 July - US, PA, Sharon Died: Gender: Female Active: US
While working in diverse photographic processes, including Mordançage, infrared, manipulated Polaroids and hand painting, Elizabeth Opalenik‘s work is unified by one sensibility that can only be described as gracefully sensual. Whether a photograph in film or digital, of a flower or nude, crafted with the camera and darkroom or secondarily in Photoshop or by paint brush, when laid out together they flow as one body of work.
Her innovative images using figurative and flower themes have been shown in over sixty exhibitions internationally, and profiled in most major photographic publications. A sought after teacher/lecturer, she privately leads figure and alternative process workshops in California, Provence, Tuscany, Mexico, and barges in Burgundy; she also conducts classes for The Maine Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, The British Guild of Portrait Photographers, the Center for Photography at Woodstock, National Geographic and others. Her work has been profiled in most major photographic publications and most recently she was featured in Zoom Magazine‘s 30-year anniversary issue.
Although committed to the wet darkroom, Elizabeth believes it doesn‘t have to be either/or and uses the digital medium when appropriate. In the hands of a creative artist, it is just another tool.
[Courtesy of Verve Fine Arts Gallery - 2006]
Genealogy of Elizabeth Opalenik
If you are related to this photographer and interested in tracking down your extended family we can place a note here for you to help. It is free and you would be amazed who gets in touch.
