Marilyn Szabo

Dreams of Grandeur

16x16 archival print

Framed Black Wood, 24x24

Courtesy of Royse Contemporary Gallery

Photographer Marilyn Szabo has been capturing striking imagery fueled by her love of history for 25 years. She was trained in photography and received her BA from Virginia Commonwealth University in history. Her portfolio includes images from her extensive domestic travels and while living in Paris.

Her photography creates stunning and intimate works by exploring a variety of diverse subjects including architecture, landscape, and people. She prefers to create compositions as part of a series.

Szabo's artwork has been featured in numerous publications including Triumph of Our Communities, Bilingual Press, Tempe, Black and White Magazine, and The Sun. She received the Alligator Juniper's 2010 National Photography Award, and her work was featured on the cover. She has won five arts commission awards, garnered many grants, and her work is found in numerous collections.

In 2003, Szabo began curating the At Work in Arizona Collection commissioned by Alliance Bank of Arizona. The collection consists of 375 black and white images depicting the economic history of the state. The book, At Work in Arizona: The First 100 Years featuring 80 of Szabo's photographs, was published in 2014.

Her most recent solo show was Life&Death: Portraits at the Mesa Art Center. She is currently working on an accompanying portrait book and a collection of mid-century photographs of Arizona called the Gorraiz Book Project.