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Anne Gabriele (b. 1961) is a Brooklyn-born artist who explores the natural world—from the garden to the ocean—using alternative and historic photographic processes. Since studying photography at the School of Visual Arts, Gabriele has balanced a career as a photo stylist with a disciplined fine art practice.
Her work was recently recognized with a Work of Merit for the Denis Roussel Award. Other honors include fellowships and residencies at the Lakeside Inn (2024), Fire Island National Seashore (2019), Escape 2 Create (2004), and the C-Scape Dune Shack (2002). A recipient of Polaroid Corporation grants, her work is held in the Polaroid Collection of Photography and was featured in the FotoFest Biennial: H2O. Gabriele currently lives and works between New York City and the Hudson Valley. CV |
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about cyanotype
The cyanotype has been around for almost 200 years. With chemically-coated paper, sunlight, and a rinse of water, the process produces prussian-blue images of great accuracy and delicacy. These cyan-blue prints had a practical use well into the 20th century as architectural and engineering blueprints and early versions of the photocopier. But because the process allows for creative manipulation, cyanotypes have always been attractive to artists and photographers. In fact, they lend themselves beautifully to reproducing nature, as evidenced by what is regarded as the first photographically illustrated book, botanist Anna Atkin's book of algae and fern cyanotypes published in 1843.