About Julie
Howard County
Julie Simon's work often crosses traditional boundaries. Her most recent work uses photography much as an abstract painter would use a paintbrush. Color, shape, and movement are generated photographically and blended digitally. Where a painter might use a variety of brushes and paints to layer the canvas with texture and color, she intentionally moves and jerks the camera, capturing frames filled with movement and light. Over the past 30+ years, her film/video and photographic works have been… more
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Mosaics
Inspired by Antoni Gaudi's mosaics that I saw while on vacation in Barcelona, Spain, I used his textures to create these layered photographs. Upon returning to Baltimore, I searched out additional mosaics I could photograph and manipulate in similar ways. I found beautiful examples at the American Visionary Arts Museum, the Antioch collection at the BMA, and on the art cars at Artscape.
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Antioch: 2.43.56Digital Photograph 2011
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Mosaic: 6.40.19Digital Photograph 2008
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Mosaic: 6.25.59Digital Photograph 2008
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Mosaic: 6.19.55Digital Photograph 2008
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AVAM: 2.06.05Digital Photograph 2009
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AVAM: 10.39.18Digital Photograph 2009
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AVAM: 11.24.00Digital Photograph 2009
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Mosaic: 6.22.03Digital Photograph 2008
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Mosaic: 6.46.06Digital Photograph 2008
Light Painting
Light Painting is an exploration of the interplay between photographic shape, light, texture, and the computer. These images represent my initial exploration with the "painting with photography" technique. My initial goal was to create my own visual language which would be left to the viewer to interpret.
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Light Painting:12.57.59Digital Photograph 2007
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Light Painting:1.42.04Digital Photograph 2007
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Light Painting:4.14.58Digital Photograph 2007
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Light Painting:2.54.30Digital Photograph 2007
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Light Painting:3.20.09Digital Photograph 2007
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Light Painting:8.39.50Digital Photograph 2007
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Light Painting:4.40.04Digital Photograph 2007
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Light Painting:8.42.24Digital Photograph 2007
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Light Painting:2.01.10Digital Photograph 2007
Abstractions II
This series of photographs blends three (or more) distinct layers: an abstraction, water, and blurred light streaks. Sometimes one layer is more prominate. The blending, or montage, is what makes the image whole. My objective is to "paint" with photography. In a sense, this body of work is a throwback to some of the spontaneous creation ideas of the American Abstract Expressionist painters of the mid-20th century with a 21st century digital spin.
Abstractions I
This series of photographs blends three (or more) distinct layers: an abstraction, water, and blurred light streaks. Sometimes one layer is more prominate. The blending, or montage, is what makes the image whole. My objective is to "paint" with photography. In a sense, this body of work is a throwback to some of the spontaneous creation ideas of the American Abstract Expressionist painters of the mid-20th century with a 21st century digital spin.
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Fantasy: 12.12.16Digital Photograph 2011
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Visions: 3.12.00Digital Photograph 2008
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Wilde: 12.24.40Digital Photograph 2009
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Abstraction: 11.28.53Digital Photograph 2010
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Abstraction: 2.52.11Digital Photograph 2010
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Water: 3.44.25Digital Photograph 2011
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Abstraction: 2.23.16Digital Photograph 2012
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Abstraction: 1.16.04Digital Photograph 2011
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Abstraction: 11.11.34Digital Photograph 2010
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Abstraction: 2.17.03Digital Photograph 2011