ABOUT BARBARA



Using her camera as a paintbrush, Barbara White creates photographs that express the beauty, diversity and vibrancy of our planet's many cultures. Her paints are the magnificent worldwide scenes of native people practicing their religions, temples and other exotic buildings, and the natural world.

Barbara has an extraordinary eye for capturing a moment that seems timeless and eternal. As an inveterate traveler to Burma, Cambodia, Laos, China and Japan, as well as to India and Africa, she often strays from traveling companions, or awakens in the early hours to capture faces that are sometimes haunting, at other times exuberant.

Her landscape and wildlife photographs are just as artistic and beautiful as her photographs of other cultures. Animals, birds, lakes and mountains are artfully lit, using natural light as a stage designer might - to create mood and drama.

As an art photographer, Barbara respects the places she sees, using Photoshop techniques only sparingly, sometimes enhancing clouds or the sky, or bringing out detail in the shadows.

When asked about her favorite shots, Barbara mentions "Reverence and Irreverence," photographed in Burma. She explains, "We were bringing juice to the monks, and they were lined up waiting for us to give it to them. This shot reminds me of a special time in my life and shows the devotion of the monks, along with the restlessness of children." About "Dogon Babies, " shot in Mali, she explains, "I saw it coming and shot with available light and then with on-camera flash. After the flash, all the adults started wagging their fingers at me."

As a commercial photographer, Barbara concentrates on shooting for architects and interior designers, photographing rooms and exteriors of structures. She uses her skill of recognizing structures, forms and balance (from commercial work) in her art photography, capturing scenes with the expertise of a practiced artisan and with the eyes of an artist.

Barbara White grew up in Orange County, CA, as the daughter of an American Airlines pilot, "so maybe that's where I get the travel bug," she says. She has taken extensive courses in photography, and shot professionally for 25 years. She has two children and three granddaughters.



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BARBARA WHITE: PHOTOGRAPHS - 712 Emerald Bay, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 phone: 949-494-2479; cell: 949-422-7724