Leah Macdonald
Kacie/LostLightLuv, 2006
Silver fiber print
13.25" x 12.25"

Artist Statement

This is a nude taken in my backyard from a series on body issues of women - and photographed with a view camera and printed in the analog darkroom.

Artist Bio

She was born in Philadelphia, she attended college in San Francisco and then went on to receive her MFA in Photography from the California College of Art. She enjoyed a long and varied career path within the arts:commercial photography, professional analog printer and college professor. She was the Education Curriculum Director at the Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center. In 2007 she was asked to do a live encaustic painting demonstration on the Martha Stewart show. Other highlights include a solo retrospective of encaustic nudes at Wexler gallery in 2010. In 2016 she was the scenic director of In My Body Musical. In 2017 she was selected as the recipient of the New Courtland Fellowship by The Center for Emerging Visual Artists.In 2018 she was an artist in residence at the Encaustic Castle. She recently launched a new website; Lost Light Luv, it features her legacy analog photography. Her encaustic photography art is represented by Inliquid Arts, Saatchi Art, Galerie BMG and Cerulean Art Gallery in Philadelphia. She has also self published numerous handmade artist books.

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