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Charlotte is an award-winning and renowned nature and landscape photographer based in Northern California. She is known for her mastery of “Intimate Landscapes” — small scenes derived from a large landscape. Charlotte writes and publishes on the subject of photography and creativity, has been a keynote speaker and educator for several national photography events, served as a judge for international and local photography competitions, and exhibits her work throughout California. She can usually be found tromping with her camera bag in the wilderness areas around the Sierra Nevada range and Yosemite National Park in her home state.
My images are frequently symbolic, with an eye oriented towards the subtle and sometimes overlooked elements of nature. My photographs are not meant to be pretty postcards, but rather frames that celebrate form, line, shape, color, and texture. I return to both familiar and secret places again and again to observe the changes brought about by the seasons, light and weather. I use everything I know about the technology of modern photography combined with my artistic aesthetic to create images that show the natural world differently.”
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Education
- 1987 Bachelor of Arts, Graphic Design, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
- 1984 Journalism/Photojournalism, Shasta College, Redding, CA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2024 "Winter's Lullaby, Spring's Prelude, The Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite National Park
- 2022 "Sierra Overture," The Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite National Park
- 2017 Viewpoint Photographic Arts Center, Sacramento, CA, “Mother Earth”
- 2014 Camera West, Walnut Creek, CA, "Western Landscape Impressions"
- 2014 Diablo Rock, Concord, CA, "Rock"
- 2013 Vino Locale, Palo Alto, CA, "Landscapes of California and the Pacific Northwest”
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2021 "Many Happy Returns", The Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite National Park, three pieces
- 2021 Yosemite Renaissance 36, Juried Exhibit, one piece
- 2020 Yosemite Renaissance 35, Juried Exhibit, one piece
- 2018 Yosemite Renaissance Artist in Residence, Gallery 5, Oakhurst, CA, "Transitions: Winter
- into Spring,” seven pieces
- 2018 Yosemite Renaissance 33, Juried Exhibit, two pieces
- 2018 Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA, “Valley Focus,” Juried Exhibit, one piece
- 2017 Yosemite Renaissance 32, Juried Exhibit, one piece
- 2016 The Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite National Park, "The Great Certainty:
- Photographs Commemorating 100 Years of National Park Service Stewardship,” Juried
- Exhibit, one piece
- 2016 Yosemite Renaissance 31, Juried Exhibit, two pieces
- 2016 Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR, “Landscape: Photography Now,” Juried Exhibit, one piece
- 2015 Yosemite Renaissance 30, Juried Exhibit, two pieces
Selected Honors and Awards
- 2022 17th Annual Spider Awards
- Honorable Mention in Wildlife Category — "Bullet"
- Nominee in Nature Category — "The Great Fountain Geyser”
- 2021 14th Annual International Color Awards
- Nominee Abstract Category — "Reflect"
- Nominee in Nature Category — "El Capitan Emerges"
- Nominee in Nature — "Good Morning, Yosemite!"
- Nominee in Nature Category — "Last Sunset"
- 2021 Yosemite Renaissance 36
- Honorable Mention — "The Valley Beckons"
- 2020 15th Annual International Spider Awards
- Nominee, Professional Nature Category — "The Valley Beckons" and "After the Storm"
- 2020 13th Annual International Color Awards
- Honorable Mention, Professional People Category — “A Walk in the Snow”
- Nominee, Professional People Category — “The Musicians”
- Nominees, Professional Nature Category — “Aspen Happy,” “Bridalveil After The Rain,”
- “Bridalveil Fall Winter Into Spring,” and “Room 504”
- 2019 12th Annual International Color Awards,
- First Place, Professional Nature Category— “Autumn Aglow”
- Honorable Mentions, Professional Nature Category —“Aspens and the Blue Light,” and
- “Sentinels”
- Honorable Mention, Professional Wildlife Category — “Morning Slumber”
- Nominee, Professional Nature Category — “Morning Has Broken”
- 2019 14th Annual International Spider Awards,
- Honorable Mentions, Professional Nature Category — “Touch” and “Fallen”
- Honorable Mention, Professional Aerial Category — “Going Up”
- Honorable Mention, Professional People Category — “The Musicians”
- Nominee, Professional Fine Art Category — “Human-Nature”
- 2018 Monochrome Awards International Black and White Photography,
- First Place and Nature Photographer of the Year — "When The Forest Stirs"
- Honorable Mentions, Professional Landscape Category — ”Ahwahnee Meadow
- Cottonwoods," "Black Yosemite," and "Yosemite Snowstorm”
- 2018 Epson Pano Awards,
- Silver Award, Open Nature Category — “Canyonlands Storm”
- Bronze Award, Open Nature Category — “Mt. Shasta Sunrise"
- 2018 11th Annual International Color Awards,
- Honorable Mention, Professional Nature category — ”Portal"
- 2018 Yosemite Renaissance 33
- Honorable Mention — ”When the Forest Stirs”
- 2018 Valley Focus, Carnegie Arts Center
- Award of Excellence — ”Sandhill Crane Pastoral”
- 2017 12th Annual International Black and White Spider Awards
- Nominee, Professional Nature Category — “Stand Together.”
- 2017 Top 101 International Landscape Photographs — “Enchanted Forest"
- 2016 Yosemite Renaissance 31
- First Place — “Sentinels."
- 2015 10th Annual International Black and White Spider Awards,
- Nominees, Professional Nature Category — ”Balance,” "Into The Light," and "Winter's Bone"
- 2015 USA Landscape Photographer of the Year
- Overall Highly Commended — “Black Oaks and Snowy Mist,” “Pines Reflected in the
- Merced River,” “Path Through The Redwoods,” and “Twin Giants”
- 2015 Yosemite Renaissance 30, Cash Award — “Aspens & The Blue Light,"
- 2014 USA Landscape Photographer of the Year
- Highly Commended — "Black Oaks & Granite," "Aspens & The Blue Light”
Selected Collections and Publications
- Interview, The Landscape Photography Show
- Interview, Understanding Photography Show
- Documentary film series, “Charlotte Gibb: The Intimate Landscapes of Yosemite,” by Nick Taylor for Luminous Landscapes, 2019.
- Interview, F8: Photographer’s Perspective Podcast, 2019
- Interview, ƒ-stop Collaborate & Listen Podcast, 2018
- Interview, OnLandscape, June, 2017
- Interview, Terra-Quantum, January 14, 2017
- Deborah Hughes, “Endframe: ‘Bridal Veil’ by Charlotte Gibb," OnLandscape, Issue 101, October 13, 2015.
- Elements Magazine, author “How It Was Shot,” Special Fall Issue, September 2024
- Medium Format Magazine, author “Taking the Leap from FF 35mm to Medium Format,” January 2023 Issue
- Elements Magazine, author “Making It to the Wall,” Issue 21, November 2022
- Get Intimate: Making A Personal Statement With Intimate Landscapes, author, Mother Nature Publishing, April 2020
- Landscape Photography Magazine, author “The Intimate Landscape," Issue 74, April, 2017
- Blog, “Stories, Photography Tips, and other Musings," www.charlottegibbblog.com
- Nature Photographers Network, contributing author, naturephotographers.network/
- Visual Wilderness, regular contributing author, www.visualwilderness.com
- Landscape Photography Magazine, Issue 48, February 2015, “Featured Artist"
- Cover, California State Parks, Annual Report, 2013
Associated Contributions And Experience:
- 2024 Juror, Yosemite Renaissance 40
- 2024 Presenter, instructor Out Of Chicago, Big Sur
- 2024 Presenter, instructor Out Of Chicago, Grand Tetons
- 2023 Juror, The International Natural Landscape Photography Awards
- 2023 Presenter, instructor Out of Chicago, Oregon
- 2022 Juror, Yosemite Renaissance 37
- 2021 Out of Chicago LIVE! Instructor and presenter
- 2021 Judge, Georgia Nature Photographers Association “In The Footsteps of Ansel Adams”
- competition
- 2020 Workshop instructor co-presenter with Michael Frye, Out of Chicago In-Depth
- 2020 Presenter, Out of Chicago LIVE!
- 2020 Key Note Speaker and workshop leader, Out of Yosemite Conference
- 2020 Presenter Visual Wilderness live online conference
- 2019 Key Note Speaker, Georgia Nature Photographer’s Association Annual Conference
- 2019 Presenter, Canon Live Learning Center, Costa Mesa
- 2018 Presenter and workshop leader, Moab Photography Symposium
- 2018 & 2019 Judge, InFocus Photography Competition, Sonora County
- 2016 Judge, USA Landscape Photographer of the Year Competition
Connect
Facebook: www.facebook.com/charlotte.gibb
Instagram: @charlottegibb