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Photographer

Shira Gold
Date of Photograph

2014
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http://www.shiragold.com

The experience of giving life - of creating family is a most profoundly moving, reflective time of emotional and physical growth. Amplified and contradictory feelings of loneliness and connectivity. Grief. Mourning the loss of the past. Letting go of the known and embracing the uncertainty... surrendering to the new. Birthing a new life - a new story and an extension of ones own is an inexplicable journey.

Biography

Shira Gold is Vancouver based fine art photographer who creates images of stillness and beauty from complicated and painful moments. “My art is alert to the discomfort we all face in our daily lives,” she explains, “but I want to turn pain and angst on its side to discover the beauty that accompanies our struggles.” Drawing on her relationships as a daughter and a mother, Shira’s work explores the universal subjects of grief, change, discovery, and wonder. Shira’s work has earned her recognition in Europe and North America through awards, exhibitions and in featured articles.
Awards

2023 Finalist, If Memory Was a Layer, FRESH 2023, Klompching Gallery 2022 Honourable Mention, By a Thread Professional (series), Fine Art, Julia Margaret Cameron Awards 2022 Finalist, This Too Shall Pass, Object category, Carte Blanche, Lucie Foundation 2022 Nominee, Bare Essentials (series), Professional, Open Theme, Fine Art Photo Awards 2022 Nominee, By a Thread (series), Professional, Nature, Fine Art Photo Awards 2022 Honourable Mention, So Far I Just Can't See (single), Still Life, International Color Awards 2022 Honourable Mention, Bare Essentials (series), Fine Art, Annual Photo Awards 2021 Honourable Mention, Longing, Professional, Fine Art, Monochrome Awards 2021 Honourable Mention, So Far I Just Can't See (single image), Professional, Nature/Other, ND Awards 2021 Award of Merit, Eyes Are Dim, All About Photos.com Issue 21 Color 2021 2nd Place Winner, Eyes Are Dim, Untangled Tomorrow, This too Shall Pass (single image), Still Life, Pollux Awards 2020 Honourable Mention, The Fine Art of Letting Go (series),Professional, Fine Art, Still Life, International Photography Awards (IPA) 2020 Winner for Longtime Longing (single image), 1854 Media & British Journal of Photography in collaboration with Galerie Huit Arles, OpenWalls Arles, Arles Contemporain, Arles, France 2020 1st Place Winner, Free Hugs, From a Seed.... The World of Botanicals, New York Centre of Photographic Arts, New York, USA 2020 Nominee, The Fine Art of Letting Go (series), Professional, Fine Art Photography, Fine Art Photo Awards 2020 Honourable Mention, The Fine Art of Letting Go (series), Fine Art, 14th Pollux Awards, Barcelona, Spain 2019 Honourable Mention, Shock (series), Nature, Trees, International Photography Awards (IPA) 2019 Finalist, Shock (series), Art Photography Awards, Lensculture, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2016 Honourable Mention, Reflect, Transform, Become, Family of Man, International Photography Awards (IPA)