Bringing Awareness to Artists in the Special Needs Community
Gallery 1 by Jane Strauss “Classic Car Hood Ornaments”
The Academy of Special Dreams is pleased to present and welcome our newest artist Jane Strauss whose photography is simply amazing for its detail about life as she sees the world around us. While Jane’s portfolio is vast ranging from plants, animals and structures, we begin with a collection of photos depicting the majesty of the classic American automobile.
Jane is a working photographer, so please feel free to contact her directly if interested in purchasing any of her pictures. She appreciates hearing from her customers.
Jane Strauss
I have been a working photographer for over five years. I am largely self-taught, and learned by trial and error. My style proceeds from my identity as a person placed on the Autism spectrum only recently but inhabiting it all my life. Initially, my work was in color, consisted of tight detail, often larger than life, and was almost entirely based on animals, plants, structures, and objects as they were what I first noticed. People were incidental to my view. Starting in 2005, my photography was accepted for display at a variety of community venues such as restaurants, businesses, and increasingly, in juried venues. I still focus on details and irony, and often see as central images typical people look right past. My major goal in communication by photography is to show life/things as I see them, which apparently is unusual, and to use the pictures to share my view, as words often do not come easily. Paradise Center for the Arts, in Faribault, showed my photos based on “the view from the second story- the Chicago El, ” in winter 2010.
Jane’s Prints
Digital Arts for the Masses
3026 36th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55406
612.722.2271
Please support our artist and follow her work at: http://www.janesprints.com and http://www.janesclassiccarphotos.com
Liz, Thank you so much for your appreciation. Those mascots really are art in their own right – I just showcase them in their natural environment. The number that are seen in this gallery are a tiny fraction of the ones on Janesclassiccarphotos.com ,and I am going to be adding a large number more through the fall from originals taken this summer that I am in the process of editing for upload.
Beautiful photographs of a wonderful theme! I have never seen these hood ornaments before and they are just so beautiful and rare! I love the colors and funkiness of these classic ornaments! Thank you so much for sharing these rare beauties! Just love your work!
Tina, I have been using an Olympus E 500 digital SLR for several years, and before that was using a strictly consumer Olympus 765, as it has a lovely 10x optical zoom lens. Photography is very much in the eye and not so much in the equipment. I am looking to upgrade to an E 30 as that is lighter in weight than the E 3 and as far as I have heard, does not sacrifice performance. I am constantly working on new images. There are almost 500 on my website currently, for sale in a variety of sizes, and I have several projects in the works. I live in Minnesota, but would answer questions (if I can) via email.
Thanks, Liz. I hope you like the upcoming galleries as much. At the moment I am working on two projects, one documenting inclusion in community and the other a family farm.
Thanks, Harriet – I still have 3 pieces at Thrivent Financial in Minneapolis, and continuing at The Edge, near Raymond on University.