Photographer's Summary - Rhea Malinofsky

Contact Information: Rhea Malinofsky 85-13 213 Street Hollis Hills, NY 11427 Tel: 718-464-6513 Email: rcmimp@aol.com Fax: 212-779-4411 http://rheamalinofsky.com/ Education: o International Center of Photography, NYC – Photography Courses o School of Visual Arts, NYC – Photography Courses o St. John’s University, Queens, NY – MA o Queens College, Queens, NY – BA Recent Clients: o Henry Schein, Inc. o Building Products of America o Hewlett-Packard o Forrest-Scott Gallery o Private Collections Awards: o Communication Arts o Photographer’s Forum Magazine Exhibits: o SoHo Gallery o Queensboro Gallery Specializations in Black and White Photography o Architecture o Landscape o Still Life o Abstract Print Details: I use a medium format Hasselblad camera and, recently, A Canon 5D digital camera. All of my photos are for sale as high-res digital prints. Please feel free to contact me regarding prices and any print preferences you may have. My web site will be revised shortly to reflect my added digital prints with more competitive digital pricing for all photos. Refund Policy: I offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee on all purchases of my prints. If, for any reason, you are not 100% satisfied with your order, please return the undamaged print to me within 30 days of original purchase for a full refund (customer is responsible for return shipping charges only). Personal Statement: For me, photography has never been about what it is or where it is. I leave that to photojournalists. I see black-and-white photography as having more to do with form, composition, line, light and shadow. That is what distinguishes it from color photography, which can pass on the merits of wonderful, saturated color alone. I hope you enjoy viewing my images nearly as much as I did capturing them. About: Rhea’s love affair with photography began about 25 years ago while taking a painting class at a local college. During a break, she wandered into the photography lab down the hall, and what she witnessed there would forever change her artistic focus. In the darkroom, she happened upon a peak photographic moment. Someone had slipped a sheet of paper into the developer tray, and Rhea experienced, for the very first time, the emergence of a black-and-white image. She was transfixed. She states, in fact, that it was life transforming, and to that extent, she has never looked back. The joyful anticipation she feels in watching her own prints form in the developer is rivaled only by the wonderment of first discovering what she views as the "perfect image." To this day, many years later, Rhea will still stop dead in her tracks when she happens upon that eureka moment. It could be 40 feet down in a slot canyon in Utah or just walking along a Manhattan street. She knows it when she sees it; it is her own personal vision, and it defines her.

Personal website: http://rheamalinofsky.com