Beyond the Realms of Your Perceptions

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Photographer

Michelle Ranee Johnson
Prize

Official Selection
Jury Top 5 Selection

Tang Jiongming
Company/Studios

Michelle Ranee Johnson Photo..
Date of Photograph

January 27, 2023
Technical Info

Full Frame, 200 mm, 1/200 sec, f/8, ISO 64
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Website

https://www.michelleraneejohnson.com

A couple looking out at the light playing on the rocks of Zabriskie Point at Death Valley National Park at sunrise in January 2023. We should always stop and enjoy nature's serenity to help bring peace into our lives and to remind us to be grateful for our beautiful earth. The title comes from a quote from the incredible Alice Catherine Evans. Timbisha Shoshone & Newe Sogobia Ancestral Homeland.

Biography

Michelle Ranee Johnson is a self-taught, award-winning landscape, climbing, and fine-art photographer based in Fresno near Yosemite, California. Her goal is to have people imagine they could walk right into her photographs and feel themselves present at that location. She wants them to feel the wind in their hair or sense the absolute stillness, hear the birds chirping, to smell the pine trees, etc. She wants to inspire others to not only explore their world, but to have the desire to protect it. This world is a beautiful place and she hopes that her work can provide hope amidst the chaos.
Awards

Michelle Ranee’s fine art photography has also been exhibited at various locations, including Van Der Plas Gallery in NYC, Las Laguna Art Gallery in CA, and Praxis Gallery in Minneapolis. In addition, several of Michelle’s photographs are in R Gallery’s permanent online exhibition “National Parks of the United States.” She also has a solo online exhibit at Red Bluff Art Gallery named "Cloudscapes." She won Honorable Mention for her photo "Make A Wish" at aRT 4 Animals exhibit at Red Bluff Gallery, Joint Third place at Tag at 120 Art Gallery's "Far Country" exhibit for her photograph "Solitude." She also won third place at the Black and White show at Chris Sorensen Studio in Fresno, CA for her photo "Tsékooh Hatsoh Bídaaha'izt'i." To her amazement and honor, her photograph “The Parched Earth” was chosen by National Geographic Yourshot to be put on exhibit at Photofest 2019 in San Miguel de Allende for their assignment “A Planet in Balance.” She won Honorable Mention in the Extreme Sports Professional Division at the 2023 IPA Awards for her series “Women Wanderers.” She also won the Peoples Vote Award in the Professional Landscape Division in the 2023 reFocus Black and White Photo Awards. She was also honored with an Honorable Mention in the Mono Awards Professional Landscape Division for her photo “Pristine.” This year, 2024, she won the Peoples Vote Awards in the reFocus Color Awards in their Professional Travel Category for her “Cloudscapes” series.