Overview
Photographers in this exhibition: Tanya Ackerman, Brant Barrett, Marsh Deane, Vanessa Greene, Ed Rana, Alan Sherlock, and Joe Tempel
Tanya Ackerman
Instagram: @chasing_the_light_photography
Award-winning photojournalist Tanya Ackerman shares her love affair with South Carolina’s Lowcountry through the lens of her camera. Her images portray the natural beauty of coastal settings and the passions of the people who live there. The stories and emotions captured in her photographs have earned her scores of accolades during her newspaper career. The South Carolina Press Association named her Photojournalist of the Year in the All Weekly Newspaper Division four times since she moved to Pawleys Island as a staff photographer for the Coastal Observer in 2006.
Her love of the outdoors and her photographic eye were nurtured by her mother, an avid nature photographer. From her father, a jazz musician, composer and music educator, Tanya inherited her exuberant approach to life that enables her to tap into the unique joys and sorrows of each subject she photographs.
She digs beneath the surface to bestow her photographs with the power to inspire a smile, a tear or a call to action. She seeks out new ways to tell the stories of people and places in ways they haven’t been told before.
Tanya received a degree in photojournalism from Kent State University and worked for six years as a staff photographer at The Greenville News, in Greenville, S.C. She relocated to Pawleys Island and focused her lens on this coastal community and its people to document the impact of encroaching development on a piece of the fabric of American life.
Whether you are a lifelong resident or a newcomer, a frequent visitor or a first-time guest in this scenic and historic beach town, Tanya Ackerman’s photographs are windows to the majesty and many moods of the special place called Pawleys Island.
Brant Barrett
Instagram: @brantbarrettphotography
Brant is an award-winning photographer and outdoorsman. As a youth, he spent untold hours fishing, swimming and crabbing in the warm waters of St. Helena’s Sound near Beaufort, South Carolina. Those early years instilled in him a life-long love of nature and the Lowcountry.
Photography has been a very important vehicle for Brant as it allows him to share his vision of the natural wonders of the South Carolina coast.
Brant’s work has appeared in several issues of South Carolina Wildlife Magazine, Magnolia Magazine, Grand Strand Magazine, Oxford American Magazine “Eyes on the South”, Lenscratch On-line Photography Journal, and his photography has received three Merit and Category awards from the prestigious Artfields competition.
Marsh Deane
Instagram: @marshydeane
Marsh Deane is a Native of Georgetown County, who had the benefit of growing up on old plantations, along our waters, and in the woods. Marsh learned painting and sketching from lauded Georgetown Artist Bruce Chandler in the Rice Museum when he was a young boy, and pursued creativity through to Landscape Architecture at Clemson. After an Internship at The Village Group he decided to pursue a career in Media. Marsh owns and operates MLNL Media, and enjoys a wide range of "work" in the visual arts. Marsh most enjoys creating Conservation and Nature Documentaries, which have appeared on local television and nominated for the Sierra Club's Ansel Adam's Conservation Photography Award.
Vanessa Greene
Instagram: @gullahphotoblog
My life in photography began at the age of three, behind the viewfinder of my father’s Speedgraphic. Raised on military bases, I was usually the only African American girl in my grade, and often lonely. My camera became my best friend, my entrée to gatherings and social events. By my junior year of high school, I had decided to become a professional photographer, like Gordon Parks. My dad convinced me to attend college first. I attended Simmons College in Boston followed by a rich and diverse 40-year career in community development, arts management, and philanthropy. As I continue to hone my artistic practice, a major goal is to organize, exhibit and ‘re-gift’ my vibrant, historically relevant body of works to the people and their descendants within the communities where the images originated. My camera is always with me.
Ed Rana
Photography has been a passion for Ed Rana throughout his life. Over the last 15 years, Ed has taught photo capture and post processing techniques as he continues to refine his own skills and style. He has been recognized for excellence in wildlife and nature photography both nationally and internationally. Ed has been published in photography journals and other publications as well.
Ed and his wife, Sally, spent more than the last ten years experiencing the Country and portions of Canada as they explored national and State park from their travel trailer. They are now settled in Pawleys Island, SC and Ed has concentrated his art on capturing the wonders of coastal and low country scenes.
Ed’s high school’s motto of Advance Always is a personal mantra for his art. Ed strives to capture natural scenes in the transitions times of day that provide the magical lighting. Those fleeting moments of golden light are the windows for capturing iconic scenes in an original presentation.
Alan Sherlock
Instagram: @alansherlock.photo
Alan Sherlock, an award-winning photographer originally from Cheshire, United Kingdom, embarked on his photographic journey after graduating from art college. His quest for adventure led him to work with various cruise line companies, including Princess and NCL, headquartered in the USA.
With over 35 years of professional photography experience, Alan has returned to his first love and dedicates his time to operating an art gallery alongside his artist wife, Deb. In his spare time, he works on numerous graphic design, real estate, and commercial photography projects, as well as capturing the natural beauty of the Lowcountry. For more of Alan’s captivating work, visit Art Harbor Gallery located at 914 Front Street.
Joe Tempel
Joe Tempel was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, raised in New Jersey, worked in Colorado and retired in Pawleys Island, SC. During this time he has sharpened his observation skills, took a couple photography workshops and focused his camera on travel and landscapes. He shoots in color and black and white.
Exhibitions Objects
Reception Gallery Photos
