No. 161 - Fall Issue 2023: MEET MY MUSE

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"Just got my issue of Shots Magazine titled Muse. This is the BEST issue since I have been subscribing. Wonderful creative thought provoking images with near perfect printing. Great job!!!!!"  - Charles Z.

 

Thank you SHOTS SPONSORS!

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Laura Valenti

Artists featured in this issue:

Geoffrey Agrons: New Hope, PA│ agrons.com

Jessica Ahrens: Hamburg, NY│ jessicaahrensphotography.com

Ray Bidegain: Portland, OR cascabelpress.com

Abbie Briggs: Sun Prairie, WI │abbiebriggs.com

Susan Marie Carlo: Victoria, TX │ carlophotography.art

Carson Carroll: Charleston, SC │ carsoncarrollstudio.com

John Christenson: St. Paul, MN │ studiojohnchristenson.com

Max Cohen: Spring Hope, NC│ cohenstudios.com

Roman Coia: West Chester, PA │ romancoia.com

Sinden Collier: Houston, TX sindencollierphoto.com

Seth Cook: Milledgeville, GA │seth-cook.com

Chera DeHoff-Federle: Knightdale, NC studio856chera.com

Jeremiah Dine: Hastings on Hudson, NY jeremiahdine.com

Walt Duddington: Beaverton, OR  @atelier_lawrence

Michael Dvorak: Robbinsdale, MN │ dvorakphotography.com

Brinda Earnest: Chicago, IL │ no website

Michael Epps: New York, NY  michael-epps.com

Natalie Finney: Seaford, VIC, Australia  nataliefinney.com

Emily Fisher: Bedford, NY emilynevillefisher.com

Ellen Giamportone: Beverly Hills, CA ellengiamportone.com

Rohina Hoffman: Sherman Oaks, CArohinahoffman.com

Summer Hughes: Vancouver, WA summerhughesphoto.com

Judi Iranyi: San Francisco, CA judiiranyi.com

Frank Jackson: Chatsworth, CA │fotographz.com

Kim Jarett: Louisville, KY │@kjarettphotography

David Johnson: Conway, SC  davidjohnsonstudio.com

Michealann Kelley: Cincinnati, OH │ no website

Katelyn Kopenhaver: Miami, FL  katelynkopenhaver.com

Steve Lease: Doylestown, PA  no website

Taylor Lebsock: St. Paul, MN @taylarlar

Nadine Levin: San Mateo, CA nadineplevin.com

Merete Lien: Tydal, Norway  no website

Susan Lirakis: Center Sandwich, NH susanlirakis.com

Christina McFaul: La Jolla, CA christinamcfaul.com

Kate Miller-Wilson: Hanover, MN │ @katemillerwilson

Raheleh Mohammad: Cleveland, OH rahelehmohammad.com

Kelly O'Leary: Port Orange, FL kellyolearyfineart.com

Walt Polley: Edina, MN flickr.com/photos/walt_polley

Melanie Schoeniger: Weilheim in Oberbayern, Germany  ma-vida.com

Vin Sharma: Brooklyn, NY vinsharmaphotography.com

Paul David Shea: Plymouth, MA pauldavidshea.com

Dennis Sivack: Brooklyn, NY  no website

Wendy Stone: Woodstock, CT  wendystoneart.com

JP Terlizzi: Lyndhurst, NJ  jpterlizziphotography.com

The Blue Hour: Nashville, TN thebluehourphotocollaborative.com

Nichole Tomajanovich: Katy, TX  @nicholettat

Ines Valente: Aveiro, Portugal  inesvalente.com

John Wagner: Phoenix, AZ  wagnerphotographs.com

Ty Waller: Chattanooga, TN  no website

Nina Weinberg Doran: Mount Kisco, NY │ ninaweinbergdoran.com

Susan Marie White: Pleasantville, NY  susanmariewhite.com

Helen Whittle: Molong, NSW, Australia  helenwhittlephotography.com

Carl Young: Santa Monica, CA │ cyoungphoto.com

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Laura Valenti

 Image Grace (Guatemala) © Laura Valenti

I have long been transfixed by this quiet, gentle yet powerful image, by dear friend and colleague Laura Valenti.  I have no idea why, but I always assumed this was a self-portrait.  And I do admit I have a 'thing' for self-portraits.  In fact, Laura's first published photo was a self-portrait in Shots Magazine when she was 17 years old. Recently, when talking with Laura, I discovered the arm and hand are actually those of her friend. I had to grapple with if, and how, that fact it wasn't actually a self-portrait changed my perception and attraction to this image.  In the end  I think I'm even more impressed that she managed to make an image of such intimacy by placing someone else in the frame. My draw to this image remains. ■

—Douglas Beasley, Shots Publisher