Annual New Mexico Photographic Art Show
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Shades of Gray
InSight 2025 Judges
InSight is New Mexico's best color photography exhibition.
We usually receive over 200 entries from over 100 artists.
With this type of turn out we need qualified experts to judge such a field.
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This years judges are:
Sandra Corless
John Gilbert
Helen Johnson
Jane Selverstone
Monica Cioffi
Sandra Corless
Sandra Corless
Fine Art Photographer and Digital Artist
Sandra is an award winning fine art photographer and digital artist. While she is committed to experiencing art in one form or another every day, photography is her passion and provides a medium for her self-expression. She considers herself a nature photographer and has become known for her sandhill crane images with their simple elegant style. As much as she enjoys nature photography, she has been known to wander off in many creative directions, challenging those who follow her photography to explore new creative techniques and experience this ever-changing art form.
Sandra was the 2014 Festival of Cranes Artist. She has served on the organizing committees for the Annual New Mexico Photographic Arts show and InSight from 2009 - 2014. She served on the New Mexico Arts and Crafts Board as an Artist Representative for 2012-2013. Sandra served as chairman of the jury committee for the Corrales Society of Artists and was on their Board of Directors for many years. She plays an active role in the production of the Annual Corrales Art Studio Tour and The Corrales Old Church Fine Art Show.
She has won awards from ANMPAS for Best of Category 5 times. In 2013 she won the People’s Choice award at InSight of New Mexico. Sandra has received the North American Nature Photographers Association International Showcase competition award and has been published in the NANPA Expressions book. She has also been published in the New Mexico Magazine as one of their annual award winners. In 2015 Sandra had her first one woman show in the donor’s gallery at the Popejoy Performance Arts Center in Albuquerque. She currently participants in a number of juried arts and crafts shows though out the southwest.
Sandra is a photographer for the Corrales Historical Society. The project includes producing images of 12 designated historical properties in the Village. The images have been published in a tour guide for the Corrales Historical Society as well as becoming part of the permanent archives. She continues to photograph properties and helps to update the guide regularly.
Sandra was an artist participant in the “first ever” virtual art show created and produced by Rio Grande Arts Festivals, “Art Gone Viral.”
Sandra is an active instructor and mentors many individuals in photography skills and post-processing techniques. She has served as a judge for several photo competitions including the New Mexico Expo and the Annual New Mexico Photographic Art Show.
John Gilbert
John Gilbert is an award winning photographer since 1985.
After years working as a portrait photographer, John now devotes most of his time helping other photographers as Director of the Annual New Mexico Photographic Art Shows, which include InSight and Shades of Gray.
He also teaches various classes in lighting and Photoshop.
A graduate of the Colorado Institute of Art and Art Institute of Pittsburgh, John has a degree in Advertising design. He uses his artistic skills to create props and backgrounds for his stunning images. He uses live sets or Photoshop to convey his vision of an ever changing world.
Helen Johnson
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Photography has been an obsession with me ever since I started using a digital camera in 2009!
I have taken several turns through the years, as I experiment with different themes and processes. The aim in all my work is to convey the stories and moods my mind imagines when photographing. My work is sometimes realistic, sometimes not.
Lately I’ve moved further into the more abstract, attempting to show the fluidity of life in my work. To accomplish this, I use several methods including compositing and, more recently, intentional camera movement.
My work can be seen at:
Jane Selverstone
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I am a retired geologist with a long-standing passion for photography. My father taught me darkroom basics when I was a teenager, and I have had a camera with me for most of my life since then. I studied black-and-white photography with Emmet Gowin while in college, but consider myself to be largely self-taught.
I served for 30 years on the geology faculties of Harvard University, University of Colorado, and the University of New Mexico. During these years, I took graduate students with me to carry out fieldwork throughout the European Alps and around the U.S. Photographic documentation of geological relationships in the field and under the polarizing microscope was an important component of my research; these images were used in my classes, and in scientific presentations and publications. While my camera served primarily as a research tool, I always enjoyed keeping my eyes open for the artistic aspects of rock samples and landscapes. Since retiring, I have dedicated increasing amounts of time to photography, particularly in black and white. Geological subjects still call to me.
I have been involved for several years with the Enchanted Lens Photography Club. Interactions with other New Mexican photographers in the club have contributed greatly to my growth as a photographer. This show is my first experience as a judge, but I have helped to hang several previous Shades of Gray and Annual New Mexico Photographic Art Shows, and I have received merit awards in three prior shows.
More of my work can be seen at https://pixels.com/profiles/jane-selverstone.
Monica Cioffi
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Photography allows me to capture and preserve a moment that is immortalized. The feeling expressed in a photograph transforms it from a two-dimensional image to something very alive in my soul. My images seek to capture interaction, between the elements and forces of nature or between animals or people. These interactions are what makes us “alive”.
Initially, I picked up a camera when I was 12 as a way to engage with the world around me despite my incredible shyness. What grew out of documenting family events and capturing animal images developed into a passion for capturing moments, textures, lines, color, and interactions.
It has been an honor to share my images in various juried exhibitions. I have received awards in the Insight All Women’s show, ANMPAS, Shades of Gray, the New Mexico State Fair, and the Enchanted Lens Camera Club. Additionally, my images have been accepted into Color it Red, the Exposure Award Show at the Louvre, an international show in Barcelona, and the Woman Made Gallery in Chicago. I have also served on the Mentorship and Judges’ committees for the Enchanted Lens Camera Club.
monicacioffi.zenfolio.com