Three 黑料科 students in the photography program will have their work on display at international exhibitions.
Two students had their work accepted at the 鈥�22nd Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers鈥� in Barcelona, Spain. Seniors Ashley Beguin of Gordon, Neb., and Hope Schumacker of Devil鈥檚 Lake, N.D., received Honorable Mentions in their respective sections.
鈥淚t has helped me understand that my hard work will pay off. There are ups and downs, but it all works out in the end. I think it鈥檚 awesome to be part of a show that is all women and one that is international. I鈥檝e never been involved in one of those before. I鈥檓 also hopeful that I will get to go and see the work and exhibition in person!鈥� said Beguin.
As a part of the Worldwide Photography Gala, the photographs by Beguin and Schumacker will appear in Barcelona, Spain, at the FotoNostrum, Mediterranean House of Photography gallery, along with others who had their work selected by jurors Ameera Mills, Leonor Fernandes, Laura Vilanova, and Ariadna Royo.
鈥淚鈥檓 so excited that my work, which is so personal, has been so well received by others. I appreciate that I鈥檓 able to be in an exhibition with other women from around the world 鈥� there are such strong stories in each of their works, and it鈥檚 amazing to feel that about my photographs,鈥� said Schumacker.
A third student, Sydney Robinson of Gillette, Wyo., will have her work exhibited at the 鈥淲omen in Photography鈥� exhibition at the Glasgow Gallery of Photography in the United Kingdom. The importance of being included in an exhibition with a focus on female-identifying artists was not lost on Robinson. 鈥淔emale-identifying photographers, and most photographers I know, have this stereotype that has been put on them that everything they make has to be beautiful or emotional in photography,鈥� said Robinson.
However, according to Robinson, the work included in the exhibition goes against these expectations. 鈥淚 am hoping that my work shows people that their work doesn't have to be this pretty little perfect masterpiece. Things can be messy or gross and still appeal to an audience.鈥� Robinson鈥檚 work can be viewed at .
All three students have their work on display in the group exhibition 鈥淏eneath the Surface,鈥� a show of artwork created by the Contemporary Issues in Photography class. The exhibition is on display in the Photographer鈥檚 Gallery in the basement of Jonas Academic Hall.