"Whether landscapes, figures, or still lifes, Bloomfield's photographs have a dreamlike quality to them that is enhanced by the softness and painterly quality of the process . . . " Lenscratch, June 14, 2014
-Kat Kiernan, Owner & Editor-in-Chief, Don’t Take Pictures
In the Studio, Early Afternoon (Photo by Peter Bloomfield, May 2021)
An exhibiting photographer for nearly 40 years, Diana has received numerous awards for her images, including a 1985 New Jersey State Visual Arts Fellowship, and five Regional Artist Grants and a 2019/20 Professional Development Grant, from the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, North Carolina. Most recently, she was also awarded a fully funded 2023 Artist Support Grant from the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County. She was named a Photolucida Critical Mass Finalist in 2014, 2018, 2019, and 2022. In August of 2021, Diana was honored with Rfotofolio’s 2021 Denis Roussel Award, juried by Christopher James.
Diana was also named to the “YourDailyPhotograph.com Hot 100” for two years running, in both 2021 and 2022. She is one of 100 artists chosen by both collectors and curators from the 4,500 photographic artists who have contributed to the Daily.
Specializing in 19th century printing techniques, Diana's work has been included in a number of books, including Pinhole Photography: Rediscovering a Historic Technique (2004), by Eric Renner; in Robert Hirsch's Exploring Color Photography Fifth & Sixth Editions: From Film to Pixels (2011; 2015); in Jill Enfield's Guide to Photographic Alternative Processes : Popular Historical and Contemporary Techniques (1st & 2nd Editions); in Christopher James' The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes (2015); in #NoFilter, by Natalia Price-Cabrera, (2019); in Jean-Charles Trebbi’s l’art du livre origami, published in 2021; and, most recently, in Morgan Post’s Alternative Process Photography for the Contemporary Photographer (2022).
She is a featured artist in Christina Z. Anderson's Gum Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual, Highlighting Artists and their Creative Practice (2017); in Clay Harmon’s Polymer Photogravure: A Step-by-Step Manual, Highlighting Artists & their Creative Practice (2019); and in the recently released Cyanotype Toning: Using Botanicals to Tone Blueprints Naturally (September 2021), by Annette Golaz.
In addition to having her work included in The Sun Magazine (including a front cover image), and the North Carolina Literary Review, Diana’s art has been featured in the Pinhole Journal; The World Journal of Post-Factory Photography; Chinese Photography; Shadow & Light (including front cover image); Analog Forever Magazine (Issue 2, Summer 2020); Dodho Photography Magazine; Silvershotz (including front cover image); in the print journal, SilvergrainClassics (2021); and, most recently, in B+W Photography Magazine (UK) Issue 260- including the front cover image.
As an independent curator, Diana has organized and curated several pinhole and alternative process exhibitions, including “Pure Light: Southern Pinhole Photography,” shown at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), in Winston-Salem, NC in 2004. And the exhibit,“Old is New Again: Alternative Processes,” which was originally shown at the Green Hill Center for NC Art, in Greensboro, NC, was invited for exhibition at the 2004 Pingyao International Photography Festival, in Pingyao, China. She was also an invited artist to the first Qinghai International Photography Festival, in Xining, China, where she exhibited in the summer of 2006.
Her art is in a number of public and private collections, including the Norton Museum of Art, located in West Palm Beach, Florida; The Fine Art Program and Collection at Montefiore Einstein, in the Bronx, New York; New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors, located in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and North Carolina State University's Gregg Museum of Art & Design, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
A native North Carolinian, Diana 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 photography workshops throughout the U.S., and in Norway.
Diana is represented by The Cardinal Gallery, located in Toronto, Canada, and by photo-eye Gallery (Photographer’s Showcase), located in Santa Fe, New Mexico.