Artist Statement
My photography concentrates on place. I enjoy depicting overlooked beauty within the landscape, finding beauty in a site that is not typically considered "beautiful," and representing such as large-scale, color-saturated photographs made using an archival pigment printing process. I am interested in showing changes in landscape over time, such as through the passing of seasons, and in connecting the viewer to the natural world. I am also interested in man's attempt to alter nature, such as at the Houston Ship Channel.
Process Statement
Over the past decade, I have made a shift from film-based photography to digital photography, while continuing to use my same camera, a 1984 Hasselblad 500 c/m. That being said, I must admit that I very much miss working in a darkroom.
Born in Houston, Texas in 1968, Allen studied Studio Art and Art History at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas and at Trinity College in Rome, Italy. She also attended the Museum of Fine Arts Houston Alfred C. Glassell School for photography. Allen earned a Master’s in Art History from Rice University and a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Iowa. Her work can be found at Koelsch Gallery in Houston, Texas, Photo-eye Gallery's online Art Photo Index, and at www.argusgallery.com. She was an Artist-in-Residence for the National Parks Service in 2012. Allen’s photography has been displayed in conjunction with FotoFest ‘98, FotoFest 2000, and FotoFest 2016, and select images have been licensed by Kodak, Sony, Hasselblad, and Apple.
After 20 years of being a nomad, living (multiple times) in Iowa, New Mexico and Sweden, Allen currently lives in Texas with her husband and two children. When not out shooting pictures, she manages an online ophthalmology education website and volunteers as a Master Gardener.
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