Lorraine Shaw Photography
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Lorraine Shaw is a professional photographer who has lived and worked in Los Angeles, California for the last 23 years and has recently returned to, and is now based in, the Greater Manchester area.
She studied photography at the renowned Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California where she was placed on the Dean's honors list and exhibited many times in the prestigious student gallery before graduating with a BFA honors degree in Photography and Imaging.
After a successful career in the television industry - working on hit TV shows for major production companies, and as a Studio manager, she dedicated herself several years ago, to a full time career in photography.
Lorraine is a commercial and fine art photographer specializing in food, still life, portraiture, and social documentary.
One of the winners in Photo District News' Annual Photography Competition, New York, in 2005, signed by Getty Images, and regular contributor to Violet Magazine and other publications in the US, Lorraine has worked with top photographers as well as on her own commercial and personal projects. Since returning to this country Lorraine has had several exhibits and been featured on Granada Television.
Recent works include:
Current Exhibit: Rusholme - Curry Mile - Urbis Corridor Gallery November 7, 2009 through January 2010
Solo Exhibit: Haunted Manchester - Urbis Corridor Gallery May 21 - November 5, 2009
Manchester Caffs - Urbis Corridor Gallery August 14 - December, 2008.
Group exhibit: How Manga Took Over The World Urbis Main Gallery March-September 2008;
Solo exhibit: Family Feasts (food, family, faith) - Urbis Social November 2007 - January 2008;
A Guidebook to Manchester - sold in the Urbis retail store.
Various private commissions in and around Manchester.
Lorraine Shaw
PHOTOGRAPHY
Tel: 0161 278 1932
Mob: 07913 091 206
Email: mizshaw@mac.com
