Elizabeth O'Connor Elizabeth first became a member of SCAA in 2011. She has been participating in group art shows throughout New England for the past 10 years, including one of our Member's Invitational exhibits in 2018 and a solo exhibit at Block Island Airport in 2019. These days, you can find her attending gallery openings, enjoying a hike with camera in hand, or taking part in art festivals. Visit Elizabeth at this year's Virtu Art Festival in Westerly, and check out more of her work on her website. Where are you from, and what do you make? I grew up in Connecticut and moved to Rhode Island after attending college here and earning a degree in Computer Science. I am a landscape photographer artist and the camera I most often have with me is my infrared converted 2012 Fuji X-Pro1. How long have you been seriously pursuing art? I have always had a camera since I was a kid, but I became serious about it when planning my first trip out of the country to Ireland. I wanted to make good pictures, so I took a series of film photography and darkroom printmaking classes at CCRI. I became so obsessed with the darkroom printing process that I became the lab monitor by default! Fast forward a few years to 2003 and a trip to New Zealand inspired me to pursue the latest digital photography technology and a Continuing Education certificate from RISD in 2017. For me, being a photographer artist is not just about using the camera as a tool to create a beautiful picture, it feels like I have developed a unique connection to the world through the camera that allows me to experience emotions that can hopefully be conveyed from my mind’s eye to the viewer's eye.
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