About the Photographer: Suzanne Lorenz

         Suzanne has been photographing for over 30 years, some of those years more directly engaged in the process of exhibiting photographs than others. Her learning started in the darkroom with black and white images focusing on tonality and the control of light. She’s now in the digital age, focusing on tonality and the control of light. 

Suzanne is inspired by broad expansions of light and color, beauty in nature and the landscapes that surround her. She photographs the icons of our age that are slowly disappearing; drive-ins, barns, movie theatre marquees. She is drawn to capturing the “beautiful impermanence and rustic decay” symbolized in the Japanese phrase, “Wabi-Sabi”.

          Both in photography and in life, Suzanne uses her unique vision and intends an outcome. Ansel Adams, in his book, The Camera, said “The term visualization refers to the entire emotional-mental process of creating a photograph, and as such, it is one of the most important concepts in photography.”

            Suzanne not only took this to heart in her photography, but in her professional life as a psychotherapist where she works to help others visualize and create the lives they want.

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