CAROL COLBY TANENBAUM

As an entirely self-taught artist, I’ve chosen photography as my creative medium for many reasons. Photography offers the viewer the opportunity to see objects and people through my eyes.

In my abstract work, I take subjects out of context, and by changing their color and/or perspective, I hope to bring the viewer’s eye to the sensuality and complex rhythms of an ordinary object. When I photograph individuals, it is the unguarded moment that I search for, to show their vulnerability and strength. In other photographs, I look for the fantasy of an everyday situation or environment. While the resulting photographs might seem disparate, they can be remarkably similar.

Selected Exhibitions:

China and Tibet: Litang Horse Festival  Westside YMCA, New York, NY October/November 2006

The Ice of Mongolia  Saint Peter’s Church, New York, NY October/November 2007

Selected Collections:

Yueliang Wan Company  Shangri-la, People’s Republic of China

Gyalthang Eco Travel Service  Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China

Private collections:

People’s Republic of China

New Delhi, India

London, England

Singapore

Philadelphia, PA

New York, NY

Member:  New Century Artists, Inc., New York City