About
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| BIO Monica L. Shulman (née Lima) is a New York City-based emerging fine art photographer. She discovered photography as a young girl living in a suburb of New York City. She studied oil painting and drawing with charcoals as a teenager, but it was photography, and capturing real and seemingly inconsequential moments that she loved most. As an artist, Monica loved the smell of linseed oil on her hands and charcoal under her fingernails so it was no surprise that her favorite part of taking photos was making them in the darkroom. Monica continued shooting photographs as a hobby in college in Boston and briefly in Paris, France and later as a law student living in New York City. Her need for a creative outlet turned into more when she decided to leave her successful law career to work as a professional photographer full-time. Monica's work has been featured in numerous publications and she has exhibited widely in solo and group shows. She lives in New York City with her husband and their daughter. ABOUT my work I take photographs because I love to hold on to memories. My father is an amateur photographer and one of my first memories was watching him take a picture of my sister in front of a window in my first childhood home. I was only a little girl but I remember how magical the light looked. I often think about that afternoon and I can almost feel the carpet under my bare feet and how the sun felt on my face. I try to capture those feelings every time I use my camera and to create pictures that ask that we look deeper than the surface, that hold ambiguities and conflicts and that expose secrets. I look for or create moments that are familiar, yet unexpected. I love inventing and making up stories. There is no methodical approach in the selection of my subjects and I am intrigued by so many different things. My choices come from an intuitive place and are fueled by my curiosity and need to record and explore moments that may seem random but are meaningful. Please visit my blog or take a look at my FAQ. You can also read an interview about my career at Imprint Magazine. |
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