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Ariana Bauer |
Digital Art and Photography |
| Ariana Bauer requested to add you as a connection on LinkedIn: Arjun, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Ariana Bauer
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Just Got Accepted to the Inspired Art St. Louis Show
http://www.inspiredartstlouis.org/the-artwork
New Blog Post from Confessions of a Pin Up Artist http://bit.ly/dffSOJ
New Post on my Blog about Smoke Photography: http://bit.ly/cZYQol
Please have a look at my latest blog post on Joe McNally http://arianabauer.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-post-series-i-love-this.html
So I know I have been a little lazy on posts, but that is about to change.
First, of all, I would like to let everyone know a little about how I spend my own time. I read. I read a lot. I read a whole lot. Most of it online. Why? For inspiration, knowledge, seeing who is who, and just for good ole' fun.
In my reading, I have come across so many talented photographers. I bookmark their sites, add their blogs to my Google Reader, stuff like that. Now I would like to share with you all of these great photographers I have come across in my digital journeys.
Today, I will start out my new series of posts with the ever amazing Joe McNally. If you do not know Joe, you should. He has a lot to teach you. I learned about Joe McNally from his book entitled "The Moment It Clicks". This book is an eye opening and informative book that is part how to and part behind the scenes kind of thing about some of his most amazing photo shoots. Having shot for National Geographic for some to die for jobs, I think Joe knows a thing or two about how to do a photo shoot. His client list includes Nikon, Adidas, FedEx, and Sony to name a few.
What amazes me about Joe is his down to earth sensibilities and just straight up honest speech about the photography business. He is not afraid to admit that things happen by chance from time to time and not everything happens "because you are that good".
His blog is a journal/behind the scenes look at his current work. It is most definitely worth an add to your feed reader. Don't forget to check out his other books "The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light from Small Flashes" and "Faces of Ground Zero: Portraits of Heroes of September 11, 2001".
Just sold my very first big piece. Xciting sold for $250 at Naughti Gras. Come on, still 3 hours left. Four Times the Fun is still up for grabs.
Just posted a great new gallery with more images to come! All about Latex Lovelies.
These images are *hopefully* going to be showing at Naughti Gras in St . Louis, MO.First, Merry Christmas (though a little late) to everyone!
I visited Byblos, the oldest continually inhabited city on the planet, this week. This being my second time visiting, I am still amazed at the structure and the souks. Shopping in store fronts that have shopped in for thousands of years is so much fun.Today, I visited Southern Lebanon, where my family has over 1200 acres and saw the remains of the home my grandmother and great grandmother was born in. The destruction is overwhelming. The cities I was in today were flattened to the ground by the Israeli bombing of 2006. There is so little words to describe how it felt to be standing on the border of Lebanon and Israel. The Lebanese are phenomenal people, after years and years and being bombed into the ground, they are still rebuilding the houses of their families. They will never quite. I saw million dollar villas next to rubble of houses long destroyed. The Lebanese are perhaps the most resilient people on the planet. I watched my grandmother look over the border and stare onto land stolen from her during war, land she played upon as a child, now guarded by electric fences and snipers and tanks and God only knows what else. She stood proud, her and her brother, and with conviction and hope, told us the stories of their happy childhoods and troubled war stories. It makes me proud to call myself Lebanese today. I truly felt a connection with my heritage today in a way not many people experience. Today we stood four generations on the land of my family, in the shadow of Mount Herman and took our family portrait. It was a moment I will tell my grandchildren about. Please feel free to ask any questions on Lebanon you might have for me, it would be my pleasure to help people learn more about this amazing nation.Hello Everyone!
Be sure to add Off the Wall at City Hall to your weekend activities list. Saturday night will be great music, food, and art all in one amazing event. There will also be a sneak preview of the Square Foot Show, so don't miss it! The party details: WHERE: City Hall (downtown)
Artist Statement
Living somewhere between our world and an era long past, my works take you to another time. Using a technique that combines meticulously executed photographs with digital painting, I create works of art that I describe as virtual mixed media.
Driven by experimentation and the chaos of our world, I choose subjects by impulse and attraction with a focus on beauty. From the natural world to portraits, desolate landscapes, and bustling cities, there is little in this world that does not grab my attention. My work is feminine, abstract, soft, often pink and purple, and constantly contradictory.
Biography
For over 10 years, the Lebanese American artist Ariana Bauer has been creating images that live somewhere between our world and another time. Capturing the emotion and essence of a seemingly past life, she takes us on a journey into her soul. Her meticulously executed photography is combined the high tech world of digital painting to create works of art that is hard to describe in words.
Driven by sheer determination, this self taught artist is currently making her way into the world of fine art. Her permanent gallery collection, located at Mist Spa, soothes visitors as they receive their treatments. Her focus on beauty in all aspects of our world allows her to exhibit her work in many venues with ease. In 2009, the viewers of Naughti Gra were in awe of her romantic and old world sensibilities. She also likes to work for the greater good, exhibiting her work at fund raisers such as Save the Girls, a Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation fund raiser. Ariana also exhibits her work internationally over the web.
Growing up as a Lebanese-American, Ariana embraced her heritage as a Lebanese citizen. Having travelled with her family as a child and teenager around the globe, Beirut has always been special close to her heart. Snapping away at ancient ruins and bustling cities alike, her passion for photography was born. In college, her career path was that of a software engineer. She used her knowledge of technology as a base for jumping into the world of arts. She is a self taught in many different mediums of art, but found her greatest passion was for photography. She also loves fiber arts and has been sewing since childhood.
Ariana is inspired by the contradictions between our modern day chaotic world and simpler eras long past. She has studied the early days of photography at length and the inspiration is consistent in her work. Her subject matter tends to vary vastly, from the natural world to portraits to landscapes to bustling cities, but always with a focus on natural beauty. Her work is always feminine, often abstract and soft. Tones of pink and purple are recurring themes. Her work can range from sharply photographic to painterly in nature and is always unexpected and surprising.
