New Photography and Gift Items from P.R. Lambros
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Judy Francesconi
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Judy Francesconi
Judy Francesconi's 2010 calendar is here. It is a 16-month calendar, and you don't want to miss a single page.
It is available for purchase at http://judyfrancesconi.com/buy_judy_francesconi_items
The Unmistakable Impression of Judy Francesconi
I have been trying to remember the first time I encountered Judy Francesconi's work. I'm pretty sure it was at the Bailey-Coy book store in Seattle. One look at the cover of one of her calendars all those years ago, and I was hooked. Judy's images of women are so beautiful, so real, and so artful that once you encounter her photographs, you know instantly who the photographer is when you stumble upon a new image by her. Judy manages to capture the very essence of lesbian love and relationships through her art in ways I've not seen paralleled. She captures the tenderness and the sensuality, the love and the passion.
While looking at her photos, I have never had the feeling that I was looking at two models portraying a lesbian relationship. I have always felt as though I were being granted a secret look into the heart of lesbian love. As it says at her website, "Anyone can take pictures of women together, but only Judy can transform pictures of women with women into mystical, sensual experiences between two lovers."
While I love all of Judy's photographs, there is one in particular that completely blew me away. It is a style that stands out from the rest of her work and is different from any other photography I've encountered. The piece is entitled, "Second Chances" and is included below. Some artists can draw a picture that is so good that it appears to be a photograph. With this work, Judy has taken a photograph that appears to be a painting and a sculpture all at once. The interplay of the light and shadows on the models' skin is so amazing that I kept looking at it, trying to crawl inside Judy's head. I knew it was an astonishing work of art when I saw it, but I wanted to know what she was expressing through it. I finally did the sensible thing and asked her about it. All became clear. This particular photographic lighting style was inspired by Michelangelo's "La Pieta," which Judy experienced on a trip to Italy while she was in college. The ingenious way she used the lighting in her studio makes her models look like marble sculptures. I encourage you to take a really close look at "Second Chances" and be awed as I was. This is a true masterpiece inspired by another masterpiece.
Judy's work is available in limited edition prints as well as calendars, gift items, and books. It is my pleasure to introduce this woman to you, though I would be surprised to find that you've not already seen at least some of her work. The photographs featured below are some of the images available for sale at Judy Fransconi's website(links included at bottom of page). These are limited editions, so when they are gone, they are gone. Expand your collection now while you still have the chance. Judy is a master whose work is well worth displaying and preserving. She has been chronicling lesbian love and sensuality for a very long time, and we are proud and pleased to beam the UltraVioletLove spotlight on her work.
"Bliss"
"Bound"
"Dreams of Desire"
"Every Morning"
"Feel My Thoughts"
"It Takes Two"
"Midnight Confessions"
"Never Enough"
"Second Chances"
"Stolen Moments"
"Surrender"
"Then and Now"
"Union"
Below are some recommended links you can click on to learn more about this amazing woman and photographer.
Judy's work has also been featured in "The Artist Hand" by P. R. Lambros at http://handsongraphicdesign.com/The_Artists_Hand.html.
(Reprinted from http://allgoodnewsalldaylong.com now archived at http://AGNADL.blogspot.com)
P.R.Lambros
Every once in a while you meet someone who stands out in a sea of faces. The artist we’re featuring this week is one of those people. I met her on Facebook. I guess we had some mutual friends and somehow got connected through them. I’m really glad we did, because not only did I discover an awesome photographer and graphic artist, but I also found a friend.
Our featured artist is P.R. Lambros, who hails from Chicago, although Pam is presently living in New England. She has won awards for many of her photographs and for good reason. They are positively magical. That is the best word I know to describe her work. She doesn’t just take photographs. She interacts and communes with nature so intimately that nature joyously unfolds its wonders to her in a slow dance of photographic splendor.
Ms. Lambros didn’t train to be a photographer, although she did study to become a graphic artist after spending far too many years crunching numbers and moving around in the corporate world. She has been doing photography for only a few years, but I’m sure you’ll agree with me that those few years have been well spent. I look forward to what all the years henceforth reveal through the lens of Pam Lambros, someone I think of as the Mystic Photographer.
"Easy Silence"
"Point Lookout"
"Breath of Silence"
"Night Heat"
"Totally Unpredictable"
"Morning of Mystery"
"Break Out"
"Running To"
"Dew Drops"
"A Rose is a Rose"
"Floating Fury"
"Passions Night Fury"
Yes, these prints are available to purchase via Pam's website. I knew you were going to ask that question, so of course I've provided the link to some special deals at Extreme Gallery Specials, but feel free to browse the whole site. http://handsongraphicdesign.com/Xtreme_Gallery_Specials_E8J.php
Use the link below to go to her graphic design business if you are in need of a graphic design artist:http://handsongraphicdesign.com/Home_Page.html I've also posted her online business card as an ad at the bottom of this website.
Editor of AGNADL
