Mitzi Cross

Artist Biography

Birthday: November 16 (Scorpio)
Medium: Photography
Equipment Used; Cannon AE-1, Cannon EOS -N, Hasselblad 500 C-M, Mamiya 645 1000-S, Burk & James 4X5 View Camera
Profession; Writer, Photography Teacher, Intuitive Touch Healer
Favorite Photographic Subjects; Figure Studies, Nudes and Artistic portraits & Still Life's
Favorite Shooting Location: Bath tubs, Old houses & Any type of Water
Education Training or Certificates: BS in Social Work & Psychology, Licensed Minister
Awards, Recognitions & Achievements: Award winning Play write, Published poet, Photo's published in a variety of Magazines, (Scribbling Mob, Collage, North Carolina's Book of Landscape, recipient of the Flash Point endowment Award, Purchase award at Renaissance Center)
Personal gallery shows: "Intimate Portraits", "The Landscape of the Body", Madisonville Art Guild, "I sing the Body electric"
Favorite Links: Photography West gallery, Photography: An Introduction
Most influential Photographers: Ruth Bernard, Imogen Cunningham, Edward Weston, Tina Modotti, Cartier Bresson, Shelby Lee Adams, Mary Ellen Mark

Artististic Statement: Photography is a means of communication for me. It is a way to hold a mirror up to people and allow them to witness their own beauty through my eyes. It is a mysterious and alluring medium through which magic truly transforms illusion to reality. That is the exciting
part; photography allows us to become the alchemist and the magician and the end result should bring about a change in the viewers perception.

Page last updated on February 21, 2005

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