Liza Hennessey Botkin

LIZA HENNESSEY BOTKIN

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PROFILE:

"I never studied the art of making pictures in an academic setting, but if there's anyone who has influenced me or defined my work, it's Henri Cartier-Bresson. I, too, search for what he so aptly called “the decisive moment.”
I'm drawn to places where large groups of people tend to congregate. I take my camera with me every day, shooting “from the hip” because I don’t want people to be aware of me.
A photographer I worked for, Lou Stoumen, and I used to talk about what we referred to as “the nun.” Lou had a shot of Taos where there was a tiny dark figure off to one side, a nun. Without her it would have been a boring shot of Taos , with her it caught your attention.
My photographic project consists of “decisive moments” and “nuns.” May they be plentiful."

Liza is a charter member of 4260 Black & White Photography Guild.

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