Lydia Panas Shows The Mark of Abel – A different take on family portraits
posted by Ian Summers on April 16th, 2010
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The subjects of these portraits were milling about the gallery as if they had stepped out of the picture frames.
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A Suspended Moment
From The Mark of Abel
©2010 Lydia Panas
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The images show us how some families work.
Lydia has galleries in NYC, Seattle, Houston and soon in LA.
Visit Lydia’s website and share what you think of her photographs.
Galleries include:
The Mark of Abel
The Divine Byzantine Crypt
Garden Series
Falling from Grace
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Tags: Add new tag, banana factory, creating, family portraits, fine art, photography, storytelling, the mark of abel, vision
April 18th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Ian, thank you for introducing me to Lydia’s work! I think her photographs are stunning, mysterious and filled with tension. Not typically what I expect to see from family portraits. Very moving.
April 19th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Incredible trust on the part of the subjects: Lydia’s talent is not just in making the photos, but in gaining the trust. Few are capable of it.
April 20th, 2010 at 10:49 pm
Thanks for sharing this story, Ian. I showed Ms. Panas’ pictures at a workshop I was teaching over the weekend and we talked at length about following personal visions vs. established market preferences. Clearly, Ms. Panas’ family portraits are not following established market preferences.
April 23rd, 2010 at 8:39 am
Ian, Her work is amazing and I love the natural feel as though she just caught her subjects as they were passing by. Very inspirational. Thanks for sharing.
April 26th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
ian -
thank you for sharing lydia’s work. it’s beautiful how she caught the moment, evoking a story that is allows the viewer to imagine.
April 26th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
ian -
it’s beautiful how she caught the moment, evoking a story that is allows the viewer to imagine. thank you for sharing lydia’s work.
May 3rd, 2010 at 1:56 pm
ciao!, thank you for the information, this post was very cool ! oooops! now it’s time to go back to my garden !
July 3rd, 2010 at 10:56 am
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