Bonnie Adams
Artist's Statement/Quote
Famed artist of digital and traditional photography, Bonnie
Adams creates artful images of living history. With an acute eye for
composition and the moment of passion, her photographs record the emotions and
the very essence of her subjects. Attention to the craft releases the artist
inside, freeing one to explore and express with confidence.
BONNIE ADAMS PHOTOGRAPHER
- ARTIST
Photographic Fine Art Prints (Black and White and Color) and
Digital Fine Art.
Portraits, Nudes, Native American, Rodeo, Cultural, Americana, Still Life and
Western.
Workshops and Seminars in Photography (Digital and
Traditional, Portraiture, The Figure and Environmental) and the Digital Art
Print.
ARTIST PROJECTS AND ASSIGNMENTS:
May 9 -16, 2008 Tuscany
Photo Tour with Bonnie, Exploring the beauty and culture of Tuscany through your lens
Official Photographer for the 9th Calvary Buffalo
Soldiers, Arizona
Photographic Exhibition of Cowboys and Indians of Arizona, March 15-April 15, 2007 MILAN, ITALY at the Fondazione Metropolitan
Museum.
National Festival of the West 2005–2008: Official photographer and graphic artist for
Posters, giclees, t-shirts.
Marathon de Mayo, Reno NV 2006, 2007: Official graphic artist for the Marathon de
Mayo Posters, Logo advertising, and t-shirts.
Canson Papers representative, exploring new digital art
images using Canson and D’Arches watercolor papers.
Marathon de Mayo Reno 2006,
2007: Official artist for the Marathon de Mayo Art Poster, and advertising image
"Runner" and T-Shirt Image "Aztec Dancer".
Festival of The West 2005-07 (Annual Event, Phoenix Az)
Official Photographer and Art Designer for Collectable Posters and other
merchanizing 2007, (photographing
Western Celebrities Mickey Roonie, Rick Schroeder, Peter Brown, Ben Cooper,
Alex Cord, Johnny Crawford, Kim Darby, Stella Stevens, Robert Horton, Robert
Fuller, Buck Taylor, Rollie Stevens)
Photography Project with the Navaho Community of Tuba City,
Ariz., a photographic documentary of four generations of the Navaho People as
they live today including settings that are publicly inaccessible.
Collaborative Projects with Western Oil Painting Artist,
Kenneth M Freeman with the Western Artists of America, "Rodeo Life" (Photojournalism),
"The American Working Cowboy", and
"FLINT the urban Indian".
Director of Freedom Art Studio and School of Photography
Invited artist, to Pioneer
Living History
Museum, Cave Creek,
Ariz. (The oldest living replica of Arizona's Old West.)
Invited artist, to The Golden Boot 2004, 2005 photographing
celebrities of Western Film Industry (including Tom Selleck, Sidney Portier,
Andrew Prine, David Caradine, Val Kilmer, Scott Glen, Rob Word, Gale Storm,
Lois Hall) in Beverley Hills, Calif.
Invited Artist to the Unveiling of the Official Portrait of
Waylon Jennings Memorial Painting, Handlebar J, 2003, with Jessie Colter.
Working with Kris Kristopfferson, Jessie Colter, Ray Herndon, and Hank Williams
Jr. for Opening of "The Outlaw Connection"
GALLERIES
Providence Gallery, Scottsdale
, Ariz.
J & B Collectables, Arlington, Texas
Ecclectic Woman, Osooyos,
BC Canada
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Jessie Colter, Nashville,
Tenn.
D. Seigel, Las Crusus,
N.M.
Rollie Stevens, Nashville,
Tenn.
D. Cox, Austin,
Texas
Mary Brown, "Festival of the West", Phoenix Arizona.
Grant, Stouville, Ont, Canada
Judge Bernstein, Toronto, Ont, Canada
Dr. Steven Slyke, Scottsdale,
Ariz.
C.J. Hersh, Scottsdale,
Ariz.
Joseph Westly, Laguana
Beach, Fla.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Temiskaming Art Gallery,
Ontario
Town of New Liskeard,
Ontario
Chandler Gilbert Community College,
Gilbert, Ariz.
Awards/Special Exhibits
2007-2008 Three
time Winner of 1st and 2nd place photography AAA show (group show Arizona)
Upcoming Edition:
American West Magazine, Torino,
Italy,
featuring Bonnie Adams Western photographer
American West
Magazine, Torino, Italy, Celebrating Wild Mustangs
Nov. – Dec. 2007
Fondazione Metropolitan
Museum, Milan
Italy,
Two man show 2007
Summer 2006, ABC
Television News feature “A Picture of Trust”, Bonnie Adams and Kenneth Freeman,
Artists working in their new studio.
IFEA Western
Regional Festival Event Photo contest 2005: gold ward
National Festival
Event Competition, "Best Photograph 2005 - Gold Award"
True West
Magazine, July 2005,"All Things Cowboy", Rodeo Issue, featured
photography artist
Photographer's
Forum Magazine, Best of Photography Annual :
Placed in three events and published in three hard cover publications.
2002 and 2003
New Times
Magazine, Artist of the Month
Arizona Republic,
Exhibition Coverage, solo exhibit
Calumet
Photographic Photo Café, featured Portrait Artist
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