I grew up in a small town in the Catskill Mountains of New York. I received my B.A. in English from U Albany and my M.A. in Communications from NYU.  I taught English and acting for nine years and then returned to school and received my J.D. from U of Miami. After practicing law in the Pacific Northwest for sixteen years, I retired and began studying photography at the Northwest School of Photography in Seattle, Washington.  From time to time, I have taken workshops.  But, for the most part, the camera has been my teacher.
 
 My study of photography first began in the darkroom where my images slowly emerged mysteriously from chemicals in the photo trays in shades of white, gray, and black. Now, I choose from an infinite color wheel in my digital darkoom computer. My focus, however, has always remained the same: I see the world with a fresh set of eyes; I visualize; I freeze a moment in time. My primary goal is to be evocative, to create beauty, and to forge an emotional connection from image to observer.
 
I have travelled the world with my SLR slung around my neck. Peru, Croatia, Guatemala, New Zealand, Thailand, Galapagos, Holland, Vietnam, Cuba, Japan, Turkey, Mexico, Italy, Spain, Colombia, Bhutan, and Argentina have beckoned me as well as landscapes throughout the US.

One of my favorite venues is shooting through shop windows to create an altered sense of reality. My goals is to merge the background into the foreground to create a blend of two images that speak to one another.
 
 I am pleased to share my spirit as seen through my camera lens.

EXHIBITIONS

2015       GROUP EXHIBITION,  Life Through the Lens, 416 Warehouse Gallery,                      Oakland, CA

2015      SOLO EXHIBITION, Reflections, Albany Community Center, Albany, CA

2011      GROUP EXHIBITION, Art-By-The-Bay, Alameda, CA

SELECTED JURIED PHOTOS

2025      Mom & Pop Grocery Store and Mom at 90, NCOA Photography

              Award Contest:  This is 75, Online Exhibition

2025     Brugge, Beyond the Mirror, Decagon Gallery, Online Exhibition

2025     Celebration and Brugge, 58th Annual Newport Beach Art Festival,

             Newport Beach, CA (Invited)

2022     Cuban Cigar Woman and Potter Enjoys his Craft, Rise with Art, Los                        Angeles, CA

2022     Solitude, Women in Art,  Las Laguna Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2022     Hanoi Saleswoman, Gallerium Art Exhibition, Online Exhibition

2021     Brugge, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA

2021     Lonely Thoughts, ConVERGEnce, Marin Contemporary Arts,

             Novato, CA

2012     Solitude and Solitary Tree, Solitary, Marin Contemporary Arts

              Novato, CA

2011     Armed Window and Private Eyes,s Marin Contemporary Arts

              Novato, CA

All profits from sales go to research on memory disorders and dementia at UCSF Center for Mind and Aging.

Photos come in various sizes; framed & matted; and unframed. If you wish to purchase photos, please use the contact page or

judithproller@gmail.com.