Intimate Conversation - Analog/Film - Other, Fine Art - Abstract (2025)

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Photographer

Jane Olin
Prize

2nd Place / Analog / Film/Other
Date of Photograph

2020 - 2024
Technical Info

Process Prints - Use of darkroom chemical solutions in innovative way
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Website

https://www.janeolin.com

I work in the solitude of my darkroom creating other-worldly images. My working process is innovative, alchemical, and magical. Just me interacting with chemicals solutions in a unique way of artistry. I spray, drip, paint solutions onto exposed silver gelatin paper. As I work, trees come alive in a deeply spiritual and metaphysical display.

Biography

Jane Olin is an award-winning fine art photographer based in California’s Monterey Bay. Working for over 30 years in the epicenter of West Coast photography movement, she originally learned straight photography. Drawn to Japanese aesthetics and Zen Buddhism, Olin’s images originate from deeply intuitive experiences. Known for her experimental printing techniques, she pushes boundaries of analog photography by manipulating solutions on exposed gelatin silver paper. Olin’s photography has been exhibited internationally, has received numerous jurors’ awards, and is held in museum collections.
Awards

• Third Place, Professional Nature category, Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA), 2022-23 • Honorable Mention, Professional Fine Art, Nature/Trees category, Prix de la Photographie de Paris, 2023 • Silver Winner Juried Awards, Professional Fine Art, Nature /Trees category, Prix de la Photographie de Paris, 2020 • Julia Margaret Cameron award, 2019, Winner, Nature & Cityscapes Categories • Julia Margaret Cameron award, 2018, finalist in Nature Category • Gold Award in Fine Art category, 2017 Tokyo International Foto Award (TIFA) • Honorable Mention, New York Center for Photographic Art International Competition, New York, NY, 2015, Debra Klomp Ching juror • Honorable Mention, Diffusion: The Matter of Light, Portland, OR, 2014, Katherine Ware juror • Juror Award, Women In Photography International, Los Angeles, CA, 2013, Cat Jimenez juror • Gold Medal Award, San Francisco International Photography Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, 2013 • Jurors Award of Merit, International Fine Art Photography Competition: Grand Prix de la Découverte, Paris, France, 2012 • Marion de Sola Mendez Memorial Award, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY, 2009 • First Place, 2008 Juried Photography Exhibition, Pen and Brush Gallery, New York, NY, 2008, Roy DeCarava juror • Second Place, Small Works, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY, 2008 • Honorable Mention, National Juried Exhibition 2008, Camera Club of New York, NY, Larry Fink juror • First Place, 28th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition, Smithtown Township Art Council, St. James, NY, 2007, Josephine Sacabo juror • Second Place, National Juried Photo Competition, Camera Club of New York, NY, 2003, Joyce Tenneson juror • Award of Excellence, “Best of Photography Annual,” Photographer’s Forum Magazine, 2002 • Best of Show For Foreign Artists, Third International Women’s Photography Festival, Smolensk, Russia, 1994