Background Image Alternative Text: Pyramid Lake by Professor Marita Gootee shows photo of lake with foreground
Background Image Alternative Text: Pyramid Lake by Professor Marita Gootee shows photo of lake with foreground
Department of Art’s Gootee has photography recognized in international competition
Professor Marita Gootee was recently honored in the 26th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards.
Pyramid Lake, Nevada | Marita Gootee
Mississippi State University Department of Art Professor Marita Gootee was recently honored in the 26th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards.
Gootee received the following:
Best in the alternative category for "Against the Odds," an encaustic coated contact lumen from her photographic series "Last Contact"
Against the Odds | Marita Gootee
Best in the cellphone category for "Pyramid Lake, Nevada"
Honorable mention in the alternative category for "Ants," also from her photographic series "Last Contact"
Honorable mention in the cellphone category for Aliens Leaving After Vacation.
The photography concentration coordinator said encaustic images take a long time to create, but she enjoys them.
"The contact lumen images alone can take up to a month being exposed to sunlight, so it is fun to have the smart phone to capture images fast and keep the creative juices going," she said. "Being able to exhibit both in the same exhibition is very rewarding.”
Gootee's "Last Contact" series has been made possible by support from the Mississippi Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts through a MAC Individual Fellowship Grant and MAC Mini Grants with additional support from the Department of Art and Mississippi State University.
