2019 Rfotofolio Selections

Rfotofolio announced their 2019 Rfotofolio Selections, and I am both honored and extremely happy to have my portfolio (handmade books) recognized by Rfotofolio, as well as by jurors Kat Kiernan and Brian Taylor.

A big thank you to all, and especially to Rfotofolio for their continued support of photography, and photographic artists. You can read more about all the selection, artists, and jurors here.

Beautiful and meticulous integration of photographs with handmade books! The artist has taken the traditionally flat photograph and allowed in to literally “blossom” into three dimensional artwork. I particularly enjoy the rare and refreshing aspect of allowing the viewer to touch and interact with the artwork. Such dedication and energy towards the technical printing of the images, from cyanotypes to multiple gum prints—not to mention the masterful binding of handmade books, Bravo.

-Brian Taylor

Portland Art Museum Lunch Talk Series - Wed, Nov 20

I'm so excited to be traveling to Oregon this week to speak at the Portland Art Museum on Wednesday, November 20-- as part of their Photography Council's Brown Bag Lunch Series. A big thank you to Ray Bidegain for the invitation. More information about this is below. If you're out in the Portland area, do stop in. I'd love to meet you! And-- it gets even better-- I get to take a photogravure workshop with the amazing photogravure team of Susan de Witt and Ray Bidegain! I look forward to it all!

photo-eye Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Daffodils, from The Old Garden series. Tricolor gum bichromate over cyanotype. ©DH Bloomfield 2019

I’m honored to have my work represented by photo-eye Gallery (Photographer’s Showcase), located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Featured currently, you can see my images from The Old Garden series, and read the entire interview here, Fluid: Documents: An Interview with Diana Bloomfield. A big thank you to all the folks at photo-eye Gallery, and especially to Anne Kelly, Gallery Director.

Diana Bloomfield's photography looks and feels different than the majority of camera-based work today. Her labor-intensive tricolor gum bichromate technique, which requires precise registration and multiple layers of exposure to create each individual image, imbues her prints with a feeling of tactile object-hood. Her color palates range from muted earth tones, to bright flashes of yellows, greens, and blues, to delicate pastels and sepia tints. Documentary in spirit, and fluid in expression, the work feels like a gentle nod to the past in both process and subject matter . . .

2020 Professional Development Grant Awarded!

I am so happy to announce that I have been awarded a 2020 Professional Development Grant from the United Arts of Raleigh and Wake County (NC). My proposed project was for funds to enroll in a bookmaking workshop at the Center for Book Arts, in NYC. I’m thrilled! Big thank you to the United Arts of Raleigh and Wake County, and to Brandi Neuwirth of the United Arts Council!

Jacob’s Ladder 2019 (Cyanotype photograms) ©DHBloomfield 2019

Flag Book, Ginkgo Leaves 2019 (Cyanotype Photograms) ©DH Bloomfield 2019

Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist !

I am thrilled to have been named a 2019 Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist. An enormous thank you to Photolucida and the pre-screening jurors of Critical Mass 2019, and to the Photolucida organizers. I am truly honored and excited by the inclusion and the recognition for my handmade artist books— art I love creating.. What a fantastic notice to receive! And a big congratulations to all the finalists! You can see all of the inspiring artists selected, and read more about it here.

French Link Handmade Artist Book (Cyanotype details of Photograms)

Denis Roussel Award 2019 Recognition

I am honored and so very happy to have my handmade books included in the list of 'Outstanding Work,' in the Denis Roussel Award submissions for 2019. A big thank you to juror, Jesseca Ferguson-- and to the Rfotofolio folks (Connie & Jerry Rosenthal)— for the honor and recognition, and for putting this Award together. Denis was such an inventive, imaginative artist, fully realizing his vision-- leaving a beautiful body of work-- so I'm thrilled to be connected in this way, and to be in such great company among this list of artists, which includes a few of my very favorite photographers/print-makers. And you can read more about it here.

Flag Book, 2019, Bound Roses (Cyanotype)

Summer Blues!

‘Summer Blues,’ an exhibit conceived and curated by Hamilton Ward, of Charlotte, North Carolina, is a group invitational celebrating the wonderful 19th century process of Cyanotype— the Blue Print— in all its possibilities.

And, below this poster, is just one of the eight prints that I’ll be showing.

Hope to see you at the opening at GoodYear Arts, in Charlotte, on July 12!

Summer Blues Poster design by Parks Sadler

Annalee along the Cape Fear, 2019 (Gum bichromate over cyanotype)

#NoFilter, by Natalie Price-Cabrera

Cover, #NoFilter, by Natalia Price-Cabrera 2019

I am honored to have my work featured in #NoFilter, by Natalia Price-Cabrera, published in May 2019. It’s a fantastic book she put together, filled with creative ideas from creative artists from all over the world. Small, perfectly square, and jam-packed with illustrations and accessible how-to information. Definitely worth having on your bookshelf!!

Streamers, Pinhole Image, (Cyanotype over platinum/palladium) ©Diana H. Bloomfield

Central Park, (Gum over platinum/palladium) ©Diana H. Bloomfield

Midway Rides, (Infrared/hand-tinted) ©Diana H. Bloomfield

First Place in Art Intersection's Light Sensitive 2019, juried by Christopher James

I am both thrilled and truly honored that my Piano Hinge Handmade Artist Book, Bound Eucalyptus, was awarded First Place in Art Intersection’s Light Sensitive 2019 juried exhibit. A big thank you to Alan Fitzgerald, of Art Intersection, and to juror, Christopher James.

I look forward, too, to being back out at Art Intersection teaching a tri-color gum bichromate workshop, on May 18/19. That class is now full, but if you’re in the area, do stop by and introduce yourself Friday night, May 17, when I’ll be giving a lecture at Art Intersection, from 7-8 pm. Hope to see you there!