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Well-Oiled Machine, 2018

Photographer: Karen Constine, karenconstinephotography.com (@karenconstine on Instagram)

 

Artist Bio: KAREN CONSTINE is a fine art and documentary photographer whose practice examines aspects of cultural traditions and spaces in transition. Her photography is an ongoing visual exploration of contemporary pilgrimages that include daily rituals and customs. Her focus is to document the connection between individuals and the places they inhabit.

 

Karen's has exhibited her work in national and international juried and curated group shows including, Art in the Plague Year, at UCR ARTS: California Museum of Photography; #ICPConcerned, Global Images for a Global Crisis at International Center of Photography; Connected World 2020 at Los Angeles Center of Photography; and Forsaken and Abandoned exhibitions at S.E. Center for Photography, among others. Awards include the 16th Edition of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, Cityscape Series, 3rd place for images from Karen's (un) real landscape: Los Angeles plays itself project. She has been published in Lenscratch and Against the Grain Magazine.

 

Karen received her B.A. in Communications from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is actively involved in the photographic and arts community in Los Angeles. Presently, Karen is working on several personal projects, including her series Harajuku in L.A., an ongoing series of portraits that capture the self-expression and individualistic styles adopted by Harajuku and J-fashion-inspired persons living in Southern California.

 

Karen's photography and travels have taken her to six continents, including visits to remote indigenous populations and places of cultural and environmental significance. She is based in her native city of Los Angeles.

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Uploaded on August 24, 2021
Taken on April 19, 2018